UKREiiF Annual Event

Morning Run with Built Environment Networking

Come and build your fitness and wellbeing to ensure you’re fresh for the day ahead, whilst networking with like-minded others for a morning run

Register: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/morning-run-with-built-environment-networking-tickets-330524596967

Building Female – In Conversation with Leading Women in Leeds' Built Environment

Join the first in a series of conversations with leading women on the fringe of UKREiiF – with a breakfast panel event which will centre of women’s experiences of the built environment and the legacy they aspire to create for both place and the industry itself.

This event is in partnership with Leeds City Council and CEG.

This fringe event is now closed due to being at capacity.

Breakfast Club with Loop and Pagabo

Our event partners for the Social Value Pavilion will host a morning session with a breakfast bar – including hot drinks and a continental breakfast – whilst Loop will showcase their latest software launch and share industry and social value insight

How to Measure Climate Risk for Real Estate Portfolios

Investors face a challenge to consistently implement ways to measure and monitor the climate resilience of their UK and global real estate investment portfolios. This session identifies way in which investors can assess the climate exposure of the portfolio and identify areas to focus on.

This session is in partnership with MSCI

Speakers include:

Simon Mallinson – Managing Director and Head of Real Estate, Real Capital Analytics

Helene Demay – Real Estate Climate Product Manager, MSCI

Welcome to UKREiiF

Delegates are joined by the Mayor of West Yorkshire who officially opens UKREiiF and outlines the week ahead.

Keynote speaker:

Tracy Brabin – Mayor, West Yorkshire Combined Authority

Introducing Wigan…

This session will detail the huge potential of Wigan, sharing intel into a wide range of sites from the large scale commercial and residential, to town centre redevelopments.

This session is in partnership with Wigan Council 

Cllr David Molyneux – Leader, Wigan Council

Alison McKenzie-Folan – Chief Executive, Wigan Council

Aidan Thatcher – Director of Place, Wigan Council

Keynote: Beyond COP26 to 2050

This keynote will set the scene of the agenda for sustainable development, delivering decarbonisation with wider environmental, social, economic outcomes.

Keynote speaker:

Tracy Brabin – Mayor, West Yorkshire Combined Authority

Roundtable Discussion: Getting Investment Ready – How Can Places Work With The Private Sector to Present Better, More Vibrant Propositions?

With so much opportunity for investment and regeneration across the UK, each stakeholder can struggle to differentiate their offer. This session brings together a group of place focused investment specialists for an interactive discussion on innovative ways to drive inward investment and regeneration.

Speakers include:

Pete Gladwell – Group Social Impact & Investment Director, Legal & General

Louisa Shaw – Place Brand Manager, Staffordshire County Council

Robin Presswood – Executive Director – City Development, Dundee City Council

Gus Wiseman – Head of Investor Relations, Department for Business & Trade

Daljit Sandhu – Co-Founder and COO, Precis Capital

Wesley Ankrah – Social Value Director, Savills

How to Make More Informed Decisions by Measuring Social Value

This session will provide expert and practical guidance on monetisation, benchmarking and measurement across social value, EDI and health and wellbeing, enabling you to make more value-based decisions in your organisation.

Speakers include:

Rob Wolfe – Managing Director , CHY Consultancy

Levelling Up Across The UK

A high-level exploration of how major cities from across the UK’s four nations are approaching levelling up, in particular cultivating the development of greener, smarter, healthier places while driving inward investment.

This session is in partnership with Rider Levett Bucknall

Speakers include:

Chair: Gretta Starks – Partner, Rider Levett Bucknall

Andrew Kerr OBE – Chief Executive, The City of Edinburgh Council

Marvin Rees – Mayor, Bristol City Council

John Walsh – Chief Executive, Belfast City Council

Cllr Bev Craig – Leader, Manchester City Council

Nicola Somerville – Head of Development and Inclusive Growth, Cardiff Capital Region

Navigating the UK Real Estate Market in a Post Pandemic World

With an emphasis on developing healthier, smarter, greener places in a post pandemic world, this session reflects on how investors and funders can contribute to levelling up.

This session is in partnership with MX Underwriting

Speakers include:

Chair: Mitchell Labiak – Investment Writer, iChronicle

Rupert Robinson – Managing Director, RSBGi

Bob van Aartsen – Head of Regional Investment, Department for International Trade

Melanie Leech CBE – Chief Executive, British Property Federation

Antonia Martin-Wright – Head of Investment, CEG

Delivering Next Generation Green Infrastructure: Ideas For Creating Greener Buildings & Places

This session brings together thought leaders responsible for different elements of the built environment ecosystem from developers to transport, utilities experts to policy makers to discuss the key ingredients needed to support long lasting, impactful green buildings and places.

This session is in partnership with Vattenfall

Speakers Include:

Chair: Sandra Slihte – Technical Director, Vattenfall

Jane Meek – Corporate Director of Economic Development, Cumberland Council

Molly Strauss – Head of Infrastructure, Greater London Authority

Paul King – Managing Director, Sustainability and Social Impact, Lendlease

Yetunde Abdul – Head of Climate Action, UK Green Building Council

Rosslyn Colderley – North of England Director, Sustrans

Unlocking Potential Through Social Value in the Construction Sector

Leading figures from across the property, construction and infrastructure industry discuss the importance of social value and its role in building back better across the UK. Topics covered will include who is best placed to decide social value priorities and the actions that will address them, who is responsible for delivering them and what delivers immediate and long-lasting change?

This session is in partnership with ATKINS

Speakers include:

Chair: Vicky Hutchinson – Environment Practice Director, ATKINS

Professor Sadie Morgan OBE – Commissioner, National Infrastructure Commission

Lord Bob Kerslake – Advisory Group Chair, Member of the House of Lords

Anna Devlet – Head of Social Sustainability, British Land

Liam Ronan-Chlond – Director of Strategic Partnerships, South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority

Ruth Moorhouse – Director, Ellandi

Paul Kitson – Strategic Director of Place, Prosperity & Sustainability, Birmingham City Council

How To Make Your Development Ready For Electric Vehicles?

To aid the UK’s transition to EV’s new homes are now required to provide a level of charging infrastructure, and major upgrades will be needed to current buildings. Developers need to act now to make the switch efficiently and affordably whilst the supply chain needs to understand delivery challenges. This panel will discuss how to begin the process and future proof our developments.

This session is in partnership with Connected Kerb

Speakers include:

Chair: Isabel James – Residential Director, Connected Kerb

Neil Murphy – Director, TOWN

Iain Hulse – Commercial Manager, Building for Humanity

Green Technology

An exclusive first look at how businesses can work hand in hand with tech providers to encourage sustainable behaviour in residents and occupiers.

This session is in partnership with Caddick Group and Moda.

Speakers include:

Chair: Emma Shone – Corporate PR Manager, Moda

Dan Brooks – Co-Founder & Director , Moda Living

Jonathan Burridge – Founder & CEO, Utopi

Amanda Griffiths – Director, Built Environment Networking

Jonathan Wootten – Author, Spike

Digital Transformation Creating a Clean Economy: Digital Work, Digital Resources

Maximising digital jobs and digital resources is vital for a low-carbon, resilient future. The 2020s must see the digital economy to be fundamentally decoupled from negative environmental impacts and boosting employment across all sectors. This session explores the best ways of making the digital transition.

This session is in partnership with the UK Business Council for Sustainable Development

Speakers include:

Chair: Bola Abisogun – Founder and Chairman, DiverseCity Surveyors

Joseph Daniels – Founder, Project Etopia

Amanda Griffiths – Director, Built Environment Networking

Matthew Kirkman – Director of Infrastructure Solutions, Openreach

Savannah de Savary – Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Built-ID

Mindfulness Coaching with Hero

Join the team from Hero for a morning session detailing the benefits of mindfulness

Joe Gaunt – Founder & CEO, Hero

3 Cities – Driving Regeneration in the West Midlands

The 3 Cities is a unique collaboration​ leading the way in unlocking transformative opportunities to accelerate inclusive economic growth, address decarbonization, and boost investment in the cities of Birmingham, Coventry and Wolverhampton. Come and listen to the three city Chief Executives talk about what this means in practice and how this collaboration will help drive forward the continued resurgence of the West Midlands.

This session is in partnership with the 3 Cities Council’s – Wolverhampton, Coventry & Birmingham

Speakers include:

Chair: Jackie Sadek – Chief Operating Officer, UK Regeneration

Deborah Cadman OBE – Chief Executive, Birmingham City Council

Martin Reeves – Chief Executive, Oxfordshire County Council

Tim Johnson – Chief Executive, City of Wolverhampton Council

Simon Marks – City Executive, Arcadis

Investment Opportunity Showcase: The London Cancer Hub – Working For The UK, Discovering For The World

The world -class partnership between the London Borough of Sutton, the Institute of Cancer Research and the Royal Marsden as Europe’s leading centre for oncology comes together to bring an unprecedented opportunity for investment. This session offers an exclusive opportunity to hear first hand about the new, world leading investment opportunity to create a  life science innovation district in Sutton.

This session is in partnership with London Borough of Sutton Council

Speakers include: 

Chair: Micheal Aston – Partner & Head of Life Sciences, Cushman Wakefield

Diana Beech – Chief Executive Officer, London Higher

Professor Udai Banerji – Deputy Director of the Drug Development Unit, The Institute of Cancer Research

Claudia Tripp – Commercial Asset Manager UK&I , Kadans Science Partner

Jam First! Why Cornwall has the recipe and ingredients for global success.

Come and share a scone, with the team from Cornwall, as they take you through a whistle stop tour of Cornwall’s resources and ambitions for a low carbon future.  We will touch on Cornwall’s ambitions and appetite for investment, the future of Newquay Cornwall Air and Space Port, our commitment to floating Off Shore wind, lithium extraction and processing, Langarth Garden Village, the Pydar project, a new city quarter for Truro and how we will utilise brownfield land while maximising a potential devolution deal from government.

This session is in partnership with Cornwall Council.

Speakers include:

Phil Mason – Strategic Director for Sustainable Growth and Development, Cornwall Council

Tracie Langley – Chief Operating Officer, Cornwall Council

Glenn Caplin-Grey – Chief Executive, Cornwall and Scilly LEP

Tim Mulholland – Managing Director, Treveth LLP

Roundtable Discussion: Future High Street Threats and Opportunities

Key members of the national high street task force meet to discuss the ever-changing challenges facing town and city centre stakeholders as the UK emerges from the Covid-19 pandemic and wrestles with e-commerce, shifting consumer demands and emerging redefinition of place. This session encourages interactivity between the panel and the audience.

This roundtable discussion is in partnership with the UK High Streets Task Force.

Speakers Include:

Chair: Jayne Rafter – Owner and Publisher, Retail & Leisure International

Mark Robinson – Chair, High Streets Task Force

Cllr Philip Broadhead – Leader, BCP Council

Maggie Grogan – Managing Director for the Midlands, Muse

John Henderson – CEO, Staffordshire County Council

Graham Dodd – Managing Director Development – UK&I, Hilton

Investment Opportunity Facilitation: Blackpool Council and Hull & the Humber

Local authorities will be joined by active developers and development partners in a private room – where we shall facilitate introductions between these key players with the view of aiding investment, development and regeneration across the UK.

The facilitation area is open to investors, funders, developers, end users and the local authorities hosting this session.

Email nathan.spencer@built-environment-networking.com for further information.

How to Enable Social Mobility Through Youth Engagement

Learn from this expert panel as speakers share practical tips on how to diversify emerging talent pipelines through effective youth engagement.

This session is in partnership with Barbour ABI.

Speakers include:

Clare Collins-Addy – Head of Partnerships , Causeway Education

Terry Watts – Chief Executive Officer , Chartered Surveyors Training Trust

Livia Williams – Construction Director, YouthBuild Ventures

Tom Hall – Chief Economist, Barbour ABI

The Future of Urban Parking & The Strategic Development Opportunity Hidden in Plain Sight

The What, Why and How of optimising and repurposing car parks. Car ownership and the number of private motor vehicles entering our town and cities across the UK is in decline. We are now at a point of time where there are significant opportunities to tackle economic, social and environmental issues through the optimisation of car parking assets and unlocking strategic development land currently occupied by car parks.

This session is in partnership with JLL

Speakers include:

Chair: Colin Chan – Director, Asset Repositioning (Capital Markets), JLL

Nick Gerrard – Growth and Prosperity Programme Director, Blackpool Council

Kate Dean – Executive Director, Development and Regeneration , Basingstoke and Deane Council

John Badman – Principal, Callison RTKL

Alasdair Robinson – Director, Town Centre Parking

Isabel James – Residential Director, Connected Kerb

How Do Historic and Heritage Places Level Up?

This high level panel of local authority decision makers, planning policy drivers and expert heritage focused developers and investors take a look at different ways in which historic places and buildings are being revitalised nationally.

This session is in partnership with MSCI

Speakers include: 

Chair: Emma Wilcox – Project Director, Creative Estuary

Duncan Wilson CBE – Chief Executive, Historic England

Cllr Abi Brown – Councillor, Local Government Association

Neil Murphy – Director, TOWN

Richard Pearce – Founder, TCN UK

Marie Kirbyshaw – CEO, Culture Trust

Sustainability – Aligning Responsibilities

Every corner of the built environment sector has its own targets and certifications to measure success against, meaning progress across the industry as a whole is difficult to measure. How can different sectors of the property industry align on setting sustainability priorities that enable different parts of the built environment to complement each other and achieve the most sustainable places for all generations?

This session is in partnership with Caddick Group and Moda.

Speakers include:

Lucy Eaglesfield – Head of ESG and Sustainability, MODA

Simon McWhirter – Director of Comms, Policy and Places, UK Green Building Council

Ben Chittick – Managing Director for Asset Management (Europe), Harrison Street

Ashley Dunseath – Managing Director , UKBCSD

Lauren Moss – Senior Vice President, Marketing and Business Development, Fitwel

Roundtable Discussion: Planning to Level Up

RTPI host a roundtable on the importance of planning to the levelling up agenda featuring contributions from leading voices associated with delivering all manors of development across the UK.

This roundtable is in partnership with the Royal Town Planning Institute.

This roundtable discussion is invite only.

Speakers include:

Stuart Andrew MP – Housing Minister, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Joanna Averley – Chief Planner, Department of Levelling Up Housing & Communities

Victoria Hills – Chief Executive, Royal Town Planning Institute

Leaving No Place Behind

Join some of the UK’s leading Metro Mayors as they digest the nationwide ‘levelling up’ agenda as part of an interactive, high-profile discussion on what they think needs to be done to deliver inclusive growth across the UK

This session is in partnership with Harworth Group 

Speakers include:  

Chair: Lynda Shillaw – Chief Executive Officer, Harworth Group

Jules Pipe CBE – Deputy Mayor for Planning, Regeneration and the Fire Service, Greater London Authority

Tracy Brabin – Mayor, West Yorkshire Combined Authority

Andy Burnham – Mayor, Greater Manchester Combined Authority

Jamie Driscoll – Mayor, North of Tyne Combined Authority

Dr Nik Johnson – Mayor, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority

Keynote Address – Lord Grimstone

Lord Grimstone of Boscobel Kt, Minister for Investment, will share some opening remarks to amplify the message that the UK is open for investment.

Keynote speaker:

Lord Gerry Grimstone – Minister for Investment, Department for International Trade

Official Launch: Real Estate & Infrastructure Investment Database and REiiCON

Delegates are joined by the team behind the ground-breaking Real Estate & Infrastructure Investment Database and REiiCON for a special announcement.

Wolverhampton – The National Centre for Sustainable Construction

Join the Leader and Chief Executive of City of Wolverhampton Council plus key city growth partners for an informative session detailing why the city is positioning itself as the ‘National Centre for Sustainable Construction’ highlighting existing key schemes and future opportunities. The session will also focus on what leading the way on Levelling Up really means. Delegates will learn about future residential and commercial investment opportunities. Discover a UKREiiF exclusive with the launch of the New Investment prospectus along with some key announcements.

Lunch is available at this session.

This session is in partnership with the City of Wolverhampton Council.

Speakers include:

Tim Johnson – Chief Executive, City of Wolverhampton Council

Cllr Ian Brookfield – Leader, City of Wolverhampton Council

Alison Crofton – Chief Property Officer, Homes England

Katie Trout – Director of Policy and Partnerships, West Midlands Growth Company

Rob Valentine – Regional Director for the West Midlands, Bruntwood SciTech

Investment Opportunity Facilitation: Newcastle and Hertfordshire

Local authorities will be joined by active developers and development partners in a private room – where we shall facilitate introductions between these key players with the view of aiding investment, development and regeneration across the UK.

The facilitation area is open to investors, funders, developers, end users and the local authorities hosting this session.

Email nathan.spencer@built-environment-networking.com for further information.

Culture – Putting Creativity and Inclusion At The Heart of New Development

Culture has played a historic role in the recovery of cities, inclusive placemaking, and the attraction of talent. With contributions from leading figures behind landmark and grassroots cultural projects, this session will explore how cultural infrastructure is driving successful development and placemaking across London – connecting existing and new communities, attracting talent, occupiers and visitors.

This session is in partnership with Opportunity London

Speakers include:

Chair: Ben O’Connor – Director, NLA

Anna Devlet – Head of Social Sustainability, British Land

Joseph Henry – Capital Development Manager, (Culture and Creative Industries), Greater London Authority

Sherry Dobbin – Managing and Cultural Director, Futurecity

The UK is Open and Ready For Business

DIT will share an overview of the UK nations and why they make excellent investment destinations.

This session is in partnership with the Department for International Trade.

Speakers include:

Chair: Damian Wild – Managing Director, ING Media

Rachel Gwyon – Director UK Nations, Department for International Trade

Ken Poole – Economic Development Director, Cardiff Council

Andrew Kerr OBE – Chief Executive, The City of Edinburgh Council

John Walsh – Chief Executive, Belfast City Council

Lucy Buzzoni – Investment Director, Department for International Trade

The Keyland Blueprint

Developers Keyland will talk about their journey to embed the 6 Capitals model of sustainable development in what they do – an award winning, industry leading tool used to understand, predict and measure the impact of development beyond traditional financial metrics.

This session is in partnership with the UK Business Council for Sustainable Development

Speakers include:

Luke Axe – Land & Planning Director, Keyland Developments

Beth McQue – Planning & Development Manager, Keyland Developments

Matthew Turnbull – Planning & Development Manager, Keyland Developments

A Sheds Strategy to Boost British Success

As a new reality emerges post-pandemic and post-Brexit, ‘getting sheds right’ is more important than ever. Location, availability of workforce, and a collaborative approach are all key. This session brings together experts from the public and private sectors to explore how joined-up thinking in commercial/logistics space can be a catalyst for regional and national growth.

This session is in partnership with Caddick Group and Moda.

How Levelling Up Can Tackle A National Skills Shortage

As the need to create the next generation of skilled workers across the built environment ecosystem becomes apparent, a group of national policy influencers, employers and educators come together to talk about how the public and private sector can collaborate to offer opportunity to young people.

This session is in partnership with Hyper City

Speakers include:

Chair: Anouk Khan – Chief Operating Officer, Real Estate Women

Shaun Gibson – Group Chief Executive Officer, Telcom

Professor Kiran Trehan – Pro Vice Chancellor – Partnerships and Engagement , University of York

Amos Simbo – Founder, BPIC Network

Martin Keeler – HR Director, Government Property Agency

Rachael Patterson – Chair, Liverpool Place Partnership Future Impact Board

Breaking The Mould: How Can UK Towns & Cities Innovate When Funding Major Regeneration Projects?

Local authority budgets are stretched and competition for investment is at an all time high. This session brings together a range of high-level voices who are taking new approaches to raising funding for capital development.

Speakers include:

Chair: Micheal Grimwood – Relationship Manager, MX Underwriting

Gerry Brough – Director of Place Development, Bolton Council

Tom Sumpster – Head of Private Markets , Phoenix Group

Jane Healey-Brown – Director, ARUP

Katherine Fairclough – Chief Executive, Liverpool City Region Combined Authority

Ashley Elkin – Client Growth Director, Totum Finance

In Conversation With The UK's Housing Minister

Following the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill update last week, we will join the Housing Minister and Homes England to discuss the key focuses of DLUP and  the implementation of Levelling Up within the housing sector, whilst getting an insight into the initial thoughts from the newly appointed Minister of where his key focuses may lie.

This session is in partnership with JLL.

Speakers include:

Chair: Stephanie Hyde – CEO UK and CEO EMEA Markets, JLL

Stuart Andrew MP – Housing Minister, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Peter Denton – Chief Executive, Homes England

Making the Financial Case for Decarbonisation to Ensure Meaningful Change

With 80% of building stock that will exist in 2050 already built, there is no question that reducing carbon from those structures is the right thing to do – the question is how can it be delivered and how can it be paid for? In this session, our panel of experts explore how to establish a business case to fund decarbonisation of a large building portfolio.

This session is in partnership with ATKINS

Speakers include:

Stuart McLaren – Decarbonomics Development Director, Atkins

Simon McWhirter – Director of Comms, Policy and Places, UK Green Building Council

Isabelle Smith – Decarbonomics Technical lead, Atkins

Dr Miguel Godfrey – Head of Sustainability, Government Property Agency

Roundtable Discussion: Challenging Perceptions – Defining “Levelling Up” for Places that are Perceived to be “Levelled Up”

This session will discuss Levelling Up, investment and infrastructure needs in places that haven’t been identified as priorities in the Levelling Up White Paper or in receipt of money in the first stages of funding. Speakers will discuss the unique challenges facing places that already carry the perception of affluence.

This roundtable discussion is in partnership with CMS.

Speakers include:

Tanya Francis – Real Estate Partner, CMS

Mark Robinson – Chair, High Streets Task Force

Kate Dean – Executive Director, Development and Regeneration , Basingstoke and Deane Council

Professor Charlie Jeffery – Vice Chancellor, University of York

Ghislaine Halpenny – Director of ESG and Corporate Affairs, Regal London

Lyn Carpenter – Chief Executive, Thurrock Council

Philip Graham – Executive Director Good Growth, Greater London Authority

Glenn Caplin-Grey – Chief Executive, Cornwall and Scilly LEP

Cllr Andrew Johnson – Leader, Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead

Investment Opportunity Facilitation: Belfast, Glasgow and Fife

Local authorities will be joined by active developers and development partners in a private room – where we shall facilitate introductions between these key players with the view of aiding investment, development and regeneration across the UK.

The facilitation area is open to investors, funders, developers, end users and the local authorities hosting this session.

Email nathan.spencer@built-environment-networking.com for further information.

Keynote: Global Britain – The Investment Hotspot

This inspirational keynote will emphasis the UK’s title as one of the globes more attractive investment hotspots.

Keynote speaker:

Lord Gerry Grimstone – Minister for Investment, Department for International Trade

Keynote Address and Q&A – Greater Manchester Combined Authority

The Mayor of Greater Manchester will deliver a keynote speech to solidify the key reasons why the city region should be on the radar of any serious investor and developer.

Keynote speaker:

Andy Burnham – Mayor, Greater Manchester Combined Authority

Building Net Zero UK – What Are We Doing and What Should We Do Better?

The climate emergency is front and centre of every built environment stakeholder’s thoughts. In this session, some of the most influential policy drivers will join major developers and investors to explore how the industry can play its part in creating net zero UK.

This session is in partnership with Troup Bywaters + Anders

Speakers include:

Mark Richardson – Partner, Troup Bywaters + Anders LLP

Jason Longhurst – UK Head of Sustainable Investment & Partnerships, Prologis

Kate Willard OBE – Chair, Thames Estuary Growth Board

Ben Houchen – Mayor, Tees Valley Combined Authority

Jennie Colville – Head of ESG and Sustainability, Landsec

Salford: The Next Chapter

Ambitious place-led regeneration programmes continue to inspire investors and developers to the city, attracting over £3.1bn of private sector investment over the last decade. Salford’s growth indicators remain solid with the city on track to deliver 40,000 new homes and 40,000 new jobs by 2040. Hear what’s next for Salford – as MediaCity doubles in size and Crescent Salford sparks a new era of growth.

This session is in partnership with Salford City Council.

Speakers include:

Chair: Stacey Meadwell – Property Writer and Editor, Stacey Meadwell

Maggie Grogan – Managing Director for the Midlands, Muse

Tom Stannard – Chief Executive, Salford City Council

Jason Rhodes – Director of Innovation, University of Salford

Stephen Wild – Managing Director, Media City

Josie Cahill – Place Director, MediaCity

Phil Mayall – Managing Director, Muse

Life Sciences Investment Opportunities

A panel of expert speakers will reveal how the UK is a life science superpower and share the opportunities in the sector across the UK.

This session is in partnership with the Department for International Trade.

Speakers include:

Chair: Chris Walters – Head of UK Life Sciences, JLL

Richard O’Boyle – Executive Director, Trinity Investment Management

Zachary Gauge – Head of Real Estate Research & Strategy Europe, UBS

Jen Hartley – Director, Invest Newcastle

Invest Newcastle: Transformational Opportunities

Demonstrating confidence in the future of the North East of England, the region has been attracting attention from global investors who are committed to making a social and economic impact, as well as levelling up the UK.  Projects including the £300m into Newcastle United FC, £358m in ‘The Sage’ international venue and the BBC’s £25m investment are putting a spotlight on the region. Come and discover why…

This session is in partnership with Invest Newcastle and Womble Bond Dickinson

Speakers include: 

Chair: Michelle Percy – Director of Investment and Growth, Newcastle City Council

Professor Jane Robinson – Pro Vice Chancellor, Engagement and Place, Newcastle University

Nigel Emmerson – Partner and Head of Newcastle Office, Womble Bond Dickinson

Tom Lynch – Group Commercial Director & Senior Vice President, ASM Global

Matt Beeton – Chief Executive, Port of Tyne

Inclusive Futures

What projects are making a difference to inclusivity and diversity in the built environment sector today? This series of short lunchtime talks will showcase work by businesses and individuals that champion these values and are making an impact, right now, for the long term.

This session is in partnership with Caddick Group and Moda.

Catalina Ionita – Architect, Chapman Taylor

Paddy Allen – Chair, Pathways to Property

Alice Brownfield – Founding Member, Part W

Investment Opportunity Facilitation: Greater Manchester

Local authorities will be joined by active developers and development partners in a private room – where we shall facilitate introductions between these key players with the view of aiding investment, development and regeneration across the UK.

The facilitation area is open to investors, funders, developers, end users and the local authorities hosting this session.

Email nathan.spencer@built-environment-networking.com for further information.

Leeds Innovation Partnership: Progress, Momentum & Investment Opportunities

Join this panel of high-profile innovation leaders to hear how Leeds is building on its participation in the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology Regional Entrepreneurship Accelerator Program to drive growth in the regional innovation ecosystem. This will include the launch of the Leeds Innovation Prospectus setting out key opportunities for investment in innovation infrastructure in the city region.

This session is in partnership with Leeds City Council

Speakers include:

Chair: Tom Riordan – Chief Executive, Leeds City Council

Dame Linda Pollard – Chair, The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Rev Murugesan – CEO, Antonym

Professor Nick Plant – Deputy Vice Chancellor, University of Leeds

Marion Bernard – Chief Investment Officer, Northern Gritstone

Interactive Session: How to Create Local Training Academies to Meet Industry Diversity and Skills Needs

With a focus on academies where local people can gain construction and built environment skills, this interactive session will provide you with guidance on how to create ‘training hubs’ to help increase diversity in the workforce.

This session is in partnership with MPC.

Speakers include:

Nikki Davies – Managing Director, Meeting Place

Brendan Williams – Chief Executive , Building Heroes

Simeon Perry – Head of Operations, EN: Able Futures

Powering Regional Economies Through Business-Led Placemaking & Economic Clusters

Regeneration can be the catalyst to attract high value sectors, firms and jobs to a particular area, so we must design and develop with levelling up specifically in mind.

This session is in partnership with JLL.

Speakers include:

Chair: Stephanie Hyde – CEO UK and CEO EMEA Markets, JLL

Kate Bowyer – Managing Director, Muse Developments

Adam Hawksbee – Deputy Director and Head of Leveling up, Onward

Ahmed Goga – Director of Regions and Clusters, Confederation of British Industry

Benjamin Shaw – Head of Operations, Lockheed Martin

The Future of Coastal Towns

With a disproportionate number of left behind places being identified around coastal conurbations, this panel tackles challenges facing these places and explores some of the most exciting regeneration projects driving inclusive economic growth across alongshore towns.

This session is in partnership with Whitbread

Speakers include:

Chair: Jayne Rafter – Owner & Publisher, Retail & Leisure International

Nick Gerrard – Growth and Prosperity Programme Director, Blackpool Council

Sally-Ann Hart MP – Chair, APPG Coastal Communities

Barry Jessup – Managing Director, Socius

Julie Pears – Founding Partner, Urban Development Partnerships

Alex Flach – UK Development Director, Whitbread

Investment Opportunity Showcase: We Are Levelling Up Stoke-on-Trent

By securing £56m from the UK government’s Levelling Up Fund, few UK cities have demonstrated the rapid sustained economic growth that Stoke-on-Trent has over the last five years.  The focus now is to deliver on three significant projects – Etruscan Square, the Goods Yard, and Town Centre Heritage Projects which will be showcased here at UKREiiF.  This session is aimed at investors, funders, developers and end users; join us and hear how you can get involved in these game changing regeneration projects which will transform our City Centre with an exciting leisure and mixed-use development and our towns by rejuvenating a number of heritage sites into awesome places to live and work.

This session is in partnership with Make it Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire.

Speakers include:

Cllr Abi Brown – Councillor, Local Government Association

Sustainable Development and Place: Will The Next Generation Thank Us For What We Leave Behind?

This session will look at how we can create sustainable settlements, and buildings – which will be central to future proofing our communities. We will delve into social, economic and environmental outcomes. Shaping great places fit for 2100 means unlocking commercial and technical expertise like never before…

This session is in partnership with the UK Business Council for Sustainable Development

Speakers include:

Chair: Louise Brooke Smith OBE – Development & Strategic Planning Advisor, Consilio Strategic Consultancy

Jerry Tate – Founder, Tate and Co Architects

Amira Hashemi – Head of Sustainability, Frasers Property Group

Claudine Blamey – Head of Sustainability and Digital Strategy, Argent

How Are UK Investment Opportunities Driving Net Zero?

Discover how the UK is building a Levelled Up Britain fit for a net zero future.

Speakers include:

Chair: Pat Ritchie CBE – Chair, Government Property Agency

John Lewis MBE – Founding Member, SOG Group

Aldred Drummond – Chief Executive, Fawley Waterside

Nick Searl – Partner, Argent Related

Department for International Trade Luncheon

This VIP Luncheon, headlined and hosted by the UK Investment Minister Lord Gerry Grimstone, will bring together senior figures from the industry to discuss key investment and development related topics.

This Luncheon is invite only.

Attendees include:

Lord Gerry Grimstone – Minister for Investment, Department for International Trade

Stuart Andrew MP – Housing Minister, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Geeta Nanda – Chair, G15

Lynda Shillaw – Chief Executive Officer, Harworth Group

Pete Gladwell – Group Social Impact & Investment Director, Legal & General

Kate Willard OBE – Chair, Thames Estuary Growth Board

Dr Nik Johnson – Mayor, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority

Tracy Brabin – Mayor, West Yorkshire Combined Authority

Pam Smith – Chief Executive, Newcastle City Council

Jules Pipe CBE – Deputy Mayor for Planning, Regeneration and the Fire Service, Greater London Authority

Rajesh Agrawal – Deputy Mayor for Business, Greater London Authority

Ian Stuart – CEO, HSBC UK

Robin James – Head of UK Transactions, LaSalle Investment Management

Marvin Rees – Mayor, Bristol City Council

John Walsh – Chief Executive, Belfast City Council

Lucy Buzzoni – Investment Director, Department for International Trade

Mark Phillips – Head of UK Government Affairs, Lockheed Martin

Eamonn Boylan – Chief Executive, Greater Manchester Combined Authority

Melanie Leech CBE – Chief Executive, British Property Federation

Simon Marshall – Capital Partners Lead, Aviva

Sir Roger Marsh – Chair, NP11

Chair: Jo Dally – Strategic Partnerships Director , National Composites Centre

Roundtable Discussion: Unlocking Net Zero – How the Whole Life Carbon Roadmap Provides a Clear Pathway for Investors, Landlords and Owners

The Net Zero Whole Life Carbon Roadmap – driven by UKGBC with the support of UK Research and Innovation and over 100 organisations, outlines a common vision and agreed industry-wide actions to achieve net zero in the industry. This roundtable will focus on the investor, landlord and owner actions – and how they can aid a truly net zero future.

Speakers include:

Chair: Yetunde Abdul – Head of Climate Action, UK Green Building Council

Melanie Leech CBE – Chief Executive, British Property Federation

Simon McWhirter – Director of Comms, Policy and Places, UK Green Building Council

Emma Hoskyn – UK Head of Sustainability, JLL

Tim Newns – Managing Director, Office for Investment

Charlotte Foster – Managing Director of Large Corporate Commercial Real Estate , Natwest

The Commonwealth Games and UK PLC – How The Games & Other Major International Events Support National Regeneration Priorities

With the eyes of the world focusing on Birmingham in July and August 2022, this unique session focuses on regeneration and levelling up opportunities created in the West Midlands and beyond when an international audience is exposed to the UK’s potential.

This session is in partnership with Wates

Speakers include:

Mark Camley – Executive Director, London Legacy Development Corporation

Cllr Brigid Jones – Deputy Leader, Birmingham City Council

Paul Chandler – Executive Managing Director for Construction Group, Wates

Dr Chris Low – Chief Executive, Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park

Katie Kopec – Managing Director – Consulting, JLL

Investment Opportunity Facilitation: Wolverhampton and Salford

Local authorities will be joined by active developers and development partners in a private room – where we shall facilitate introductions between these key players with the view of aiding investment, development and regeneration across the UK.

The facilitation area is open to investors, funders, developers, end users and the local authorities hosting this session.

Email nathan.spencer@built-environment-networking.com for further information.

In Conversation: Regional Leadership Debate

An informal in conversation discussion with regional leaders from Manchester, Liverpool and Leeds.

Register: https://survey.zohopublic.eu/zs/BfDHOA

Sheffield – Setting The Pace For Levelling Up in the North

Sheffield will share how they will capitalise from the Government’s Levelling Up Funding – as we take a look into Sheffield’s strategic vision for the city centre. With over 2.5m sq ft of mixed use space in construction, totalling projects more than £770m and with more in the pipeline the city centre is thriving. Come along to this session and learn what is happening behind the hoardings and why Sheffield is a city to make you think.

This session is in partnership with Invest Sheffield and Sheffield City Council.

Speakers include:

Kate Martin – Executive Director of City Futures, Sheffield City Council

Chris Thompson – Founder, CITU

Chair: Louisa Harrison-Walker – Executive Director, Sheffield Chamber of Commerce

Martin McKervey – Chair, Sheffield Property Association

Eugene Walker – Acting Chief Executive, Sheffield City Council

Mark Canning – Senior Partnership and Business Development Manager, Homes England

Invest Hull

Senior public and private sector voices from Hull come together to launch a series of future investable opportunities and unveil exclusive development schemes.

This session is in partnership with Invest Hull

Speakers include:

Dominic Gibbons – Managing Director, Wykeland Group

Sarah Pashley – Principal, Ron Dearing UTC

Aaron Mellor – Group CEO, Tokyo Industries

Diversity in Leadership

What more can we do right now to enhance diversity of leadership roles across the built environment sector? Diversity champions spanning the industry and career stages come together to challenge the status quo in order to drive change across the board.

This session is in partnership with Caddick Group and Moda.

Speakers include:

Catalina Ionita – Architect, Chapman Taylor

Helen Gardner – Associate Director, Head of Legal, Caddick Group

Paddy Allen – Chair, Pathways to Property

Investment Opportunity Showcase: Creating A Science & HealthTech Powerhouse in Leeds

Leeds has an ambitious vision to create an innovation district delivering economic and social value in the city for generations to come, centred around two new city centre hospitals. This session will exclusively explore investment and development opportunities allied to this site.

This session is in partnership with Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

Speakers include:

James Goodyear – Director of Strategy, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Professor David Brettle – Chief Scientific Officer, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Dame Linda Pollard – Chair, The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Dr. Nisha Sharma – Clinical Director for Breast Screening, Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Manctopia: The Billion Pound Property Boom Live @ UKREiiF

Capital and Centric’s Tim Heatley joins the cast and crew of the hit BBC One Show Manctopia to talk through the story beyond the series and look ahead to a very exciting new televised project coming to our screens soon with Channel 4.

This session is in partnership with Capital and Centric

Speakers include:

Chair: Fahmida Nisa – Event Manager & Host, UKREiiF

Tim Heatley – Co-Founder, Capital & Centric

Nick Mattingly – Director, Manctopia

Anne Worthington – Greater Manchester Resident, Manctopia

Roundtable Discussion: The Future of Place-Based Investment – The Relationship Between Work, Location and People

On behalf of the Midlands Engine, the CEO of HSBC Ian Stuart will host a private roundtable discussion for a small number of senior investors, master developers and officials. It will explore emergent trends in place-based investment and the changing relationship between work, location and people.

This roundtable is invite only.

Speakers include:

Ian Stuart – CEO, HSBC UK

Public Health’s Impact on Real Estate and ESG Assessments

Existing peer reviewed research connects the built environment with health outcomes, offering the evidence necessary to incorporate health impacts into the ESG framework and broader impact investing efforts. As investors have grown increasingly focused on impact investing, the real estate community has steadily expanded its efforts to demonstrate a commitment to creating portfolios that positively impact our society. The Covid-19 pandemic has opened dialogue about the need to focus on health. This session will focus on the role that public health is playing in establishing which metrics are most relevant when it comes to positive impact on people — the ultimate goal of ESG investing.

This session is in partnership with Centre for Active Design

Sarah Coughlan – Associate Director, EVORA Global

Lauren Moss – Senior Vice President, Marketing and Business Development, Fitwel

Richard Smith – Managing Director – Operations, Moda

Megan Such – Senior Consultant for Sustainability, Cushman & Wakefield

Greater Manchester, Liverpool City Region and Opportunity London Drinks Reception

Join the Greater Manchester and Liverpool City Region alongside their UKREiiF delegation for an informal drinks reception.

This event is in partnership with U+I.

Register: https://survey.zohopublic.eu/zs/rPBj51

Levelling Up London – Designing and Delivering a Healthier, Equal, Greener Capital City

Accounting for a quarter of the UK’s economic output, London remains a global powerhouse and centre for international collaboration and talent.  This session sees some of London’s eminent voices share their insight into the capital’s wider role in driving national regeneration ambitions, and what’s needed to improve the lives of every person that lives within it.

This session is in partnership with Opportunity London.

Speakers include: 

Chair: Benjamin O'Connor – Director, New London Architecture

Geeta Nanda – Chair, G15

Rajesh Agrawal – Deputy Mayor for Business, Greater London Authority

Georgia Gould – Chair, London Councils

Indy Johar – Executive Director, Dark Matter Labs

The National Beyond Net Zero Challenge: In conversation with Jason Longhurst, Chair UKBCSD and Marvin Rees, Mayor of Bristol

Marvin Rees and Jason Longhurst will each give their summary of where we stand with Net Zero, followed by a Q&A when both will challenge and debate how the country goes #BeyondNetZero.

Keynote speaker:

Marvin Rees – Mayor, Bristol City Council

Jason Longhurst – UK Head of Sustainable Investment & Partnerships, Prologis

Conference Highlights and Forward Look

With so much happening across UKREiiF at the same time, it’s just not possible to see everything you want to see. Join us and special guests for a look back of the day’s highlights and look forward of the best of what’s ahead!

Core Cities and Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Reception

Invite only drinks reception featuring key UK local authority figureheads, major investors, developers and colleagues from Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.

By Invitation Only.

Investment Opportunity Facilitation: West Yorkshire

Local authorities will be joined by active developers and development partners in a private room – where we shall facilitate introductions between these key players with the view of aiding investment, development and regeneration across the UK.

The facilitation area is open to investors, funders, developers, end users and the local authorities hosting this session.

Email nathan.spencer@built-environment-networking.com for further information.

Sheffield Drinks Reception

Head of Stand E14 in the UKREiiF Exhibition Hall and connect with key representatives from across the Sheffield City Region – and sample True North Brew Sheffield Gin & Tonic alongside informal conversation.

Investment Opportunity Showcase: Five Reasons Why Kingston upon Thames Should Be On Your Investment Radar

Kingston upon Thames isn’t just a beautiful riverside borough in leafy outer London – it is a destination defined as much by its growing investment appeal as its its illustrious history.  You’re invited to join us to hear more about why Kingston ticks all the right boxes – including its recent success stories and the pipeline of major opportunities.

Speakers include:

Chair: Katharine Glass – Director, White Label Creative

Matthew Essex – Director of Place, Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames

Kate Ives – Strategic Growth Director, Countryside

Duncan Brown – Assistant Director, Regeneration and Economic Recovery, Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames

How to Truly Future-Proof Your Development With Next-Gen Technology

The integration of the latest technology is key when it comes to building attractive, robust and future-proofed smart homes and developments; from asset management to energy efficiency solutions, but you knew that already.  In order to truly future-proof developments and optimise the use of multiple devices without being surpassed by technology, having the right telecoms infrastructure is the missing link. In this roundtable, we’ll discuss why implementing Full Fibre broadband at the start of the build is essential for all developments, the technology you should be using and how to make the most out of your investment.

Hosted by:

Nick Bratt – Head of Business Development, Swish Fibre

Nick Bratt – Head of Business Development, Swish Fibre

Suzannah Howson – Partner, 3PM

Hannah Griffiths – Senior Associate Director, Smart Places and Digital Infrastructure, Jacobs

Belfast City Region Reception

Belfast and their regional partners will gather for a VIP drinks reception within the Department for International Trade Pavilion.

Faithful+Gould, ATKINS and Edaroth Drinks Reception

Taking place at The Sky Lounge, Double Tree Hilton, this event offers a great opportunity to take-in the spectacular views across the city of Leeds, home to UKREiiF 2022.

To register interest in this event email tracy.hindley@fgould.com

Housing the TikTok Generation: Is Renting the New Buying?

In this fringe event held at Addleshaw Goddard’s Leeds Office we hear from several experts who explore what’s next for the housing market, and the implications this will have for developers, funders and the real estate sector as a whole.

Register email: jennifer.ellis@addleshawgoddard.com

Awards Dinner

The already sold-out Awards Dinner will be one of many activities taking place on the Tuesday evening. This event will highlight individuals, companies and projects which truly embed the UKREiiF core values.

Purchase your tickets below separately to your UKREiiF ticket.

Institute of Director's Property & Built Environment Group – Drinks Reception

Taking place at the Malmaison Hotel, this reception will welcome the IoD’s Property and Built Environment Group to the event, in addition to invited delegates attending UKREiiF.

Register here: https://www.linkedin.com/events/iodproperty-builtenvironmentgro6916763586602156032/

DB3 & Formation 3D – Sunset on the Rooftop

With a DJ, sundowners and street food – join the DB3 and Formation 3D team as they host a balcony get together in the heart of Leeds city centre.

To register email: marketing@db3group.com

Morning Run with Built Environment Networking

Come and build your fitness and wellbeing to ensure you’re fresh for the day ahead, whilst networking with like-minded others for a morning run

Register: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/morning-run-with-built-environment-networking-tickets-330524596967

RLB Health and Wellbeing Net-Walking

Join the Rider Levett Bucknall team and industry peers to begin your day in a healthy way with a leisurely walk ahead of UKREiiF Day Two.

To register email: ukreiif@uk.rlb.com

Mott MacDonald: Diversity in Placemaking – Why It Matters and What More We Need To Do

Join Mott MacDonald for breakfast during UKREiiF, where alongside networking and light breakfast they’ll host a panel discussing delving into diversity in placemaking – with speakers from Leeds2023, Ahead Partnership, IBM and Utterberry.

Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/diversity-in-place-making-why-it-matters-and-what-more-we-need-to-do-tickets-336472286667

Leeds Innovation Breakfast

Join Leeds City Council for this breakfast fringe event to meet local entrepreneurs who are developing businesses which tackle today’s biggest challenges such as mental health, education, preventative health, sustainable energy and ethical AI.

Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/leeds-innovation-breakfast-ukreiif-fringe-event-registration-333543767387

Breakfast Club with Loop and Pagabo

Our event partners for the Social Value Pavilion will host a morning session with a breakfast bar – including hot drinks and a continental breakfast – whilst Loop will showcase their latest software launch and share industry and social value insight

Levelling Up Transport – The Great Investment Opportunity

If we never solve the transport question, how can we ever Level Up? Join ARUP at their Leeds Office where they’ll be hosting this fringe event to explore the opportunities.

Register: https://info.arup.com/UKREiiF-Arup-Fringe-Programme_Registration-LP.html

Investment Opportunity Facilitation: Liverpool City Region and Basingstoke & Deane

Local authorities will be joined by active developers and development partners in a private room – where we shall facilitate introductions between these key players with the view of aiding investment, development and regeneration across the UK.

The facilitation area is open to investors, funders, developers, end users and the local authorities hosting this session.

Email nathan.spencer@built-environment-networking.com for further information.

The A50/A500 Growth Corridor – Driving Development Opportunities in Staffordshire

From Stoke-on-Trent to Derby, this 90km corridor is home to almost 1m people and 1.5m jobs, many in globally significant firms like Toyota, JCB, Rolls Royce and Bombardier, not to mention Stoke’s world famous ceramics industry. Staffordshire was mentioned multiple times in the levelling up white paper and with a plethora of key development projects coming forward, this session explores opportunities across the region.

This session is in partnership with Make it Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire.

Speakers include:

John Kavanagh – Director, JCB

Ann Pittard – Director of Engagement & Partnerships, Keele University

Cllr Alan White – Leader, Staffordshire County Council

Maria Machancoses – CEO, Midlands Connect

Cllr Abi Brown – Councillor, Local Government Association

Harnessing Partnership and Collaboration for Smarter Investment

This thought leadership session examines how multiple stakeholders can come together to maximise investment potential across various regions with key examples of best practice and possibilities.

Speakers include:

Chair: Jon Whiteaker – Senior Editor, Investment Monitor

Jenny Hartley MBE – Director, Invest Newcastle

Philip Slavin – Chief Financial Officer, Quintain

Sharon Kemp – Chair, Advance Manufacturing Innovation District

Andrew Percival – Chair, Hemel Place Board

Jamie Kerr – Founding Partner, Urban Development Partnerships

Welcome to the Community – Designing and Delivering Inclusive Cities

How can we connect with talented people from all backgrounds to understand the communities we’re working with? Hear from industry leaders committed to co-designing the buildings, public spaces and social infrastructure for a more inclusive city.

This session is in partnership with Opportunity London.

Speakers Include:

Chair: Sara Waller – Co-Strategic Director Sustainable Growth and Opportunity, London Borough of Lambeth

Teri Okoro – Mayors Design Associate, TOCA Architects

Louise Ioannou – Head of Leasing, HB Reavis

Abi Gbago – Strategic Director for Inclusive Growth , London Borough of Barking and Dagenham

Clean Growth and Levelling up – Investing In Whole Systems Change and Sustainability

Delegates are joined by a thought leader who will connect the sustainable agenda to levelling up nationally.

Keynote speaker:

Mike Emmerich – Founding Director, Metro Dynamics

Keynote Address – West Yorkshire Combined Authority

The Mayor of West Yorkshire will explore how investment and innovation is driving the future potential of the West Yorkshire region.

Keynote speaker:

Tracy Brabin – Mayor, West Yorkshire Combined Authority

Developing Science and Innovation Places to Prepare UK PLC for Global Investment

UK Government has pledged to invest £22bn per year into research and development focused business and the need for world class campuses and science property underpins the whole ambition. This session brings together the innovative developers, occupiers, and policy makers to share insight into multi-billion-pound schemes across the country.

This session is in partnership with Buro Four

Speakers include: 

Chair: Emily Slupek – Project Director, Buro Four

Dr Kath Mackay – Director of Life Sciences, Bruntwood Life Sciences

Andy Williams – Vice President (UK Strategy) , AstraZeneca

Deborah Cadman OBE – Chief Executive, Birmingham City Council

George Freeman MP – Minister for Science, Research and Innovation , Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Orestis Tzortzoglou – Senior Development Director, BioMed Realty

Economy, Society, Environment – How do we create vibrant, high performing places?

Building a new place is the easy bit; how do we make sure these places work socially, economically and spatially? How do they appeal to residents and investors? How do they appeal to residents and investors simultaneously? How do they integrate mobility to create connected communities? How do they meet the challenges of climate change and attract investment to enable growth? This session brings together national voices to ponder these key questions.

This session is in partnership with Arcadis.

Speakers include:

Chair: Simon Marks – City Executive, Arcadis

Andy Street – Mayor, West Midlands Combined Authority

Bek Seeley – Founder @ Place Partners UK, Lendlease

Katie Pattison – Senior Associate Director, CRTKL

Mark Chivers – Director General, Government Chief Property Officer, Cabinet Office

Wellness In Community Design

Residents and occupiers are, rightfully, more focused on healthy living than ever before and spaces that promote wellness and support a healthy lifestyle are becoming a staple requirement from the occupier market.  To meet the evolving demands, how do you design places and buildings that encourage and enhance wellbeing-focused lifestyles for residents, occupants and operations teams?

This session is in partnership with Caddick Group and Moda.

Speakers include:

Lydia Eustace – Marketing Director, Moda Living

Rachael Cunliffe – Senior Business Development Manager, LOFT

Joe Gaunt – Founder & CEO, Hero

Oliver Meyers – Co-Founder, RE-Defined

Roundtable Discussion: Defining Homes England’s Role in Levelling Up the UK – What Are The Future Investment & Development Priorities?

Key voices from the Homes England senior management team come together with a group of their development stakeholders to talk about their short, medium and long term priorities, key areas for growth and to listen to the audience on how they think Homes England should underpin national levelling up.

This roundtable discussion is in partnership with Homes England.

Speakers include:

Chair: Sam McClary – Editor, Estates Gazette

Peter Denton – Chief Executive, Homes England

Pooja Agrawal – Chief Executive Officer, Public Practice

Kate Bowyer – Managing Director, Muse Developments

Paul Kitson – Strategic Director of Place, Prosperity & Sustainability, Birmingham City Council

Rachel Miller – Investment Director, Housing Growth Partnership

Steve Harrington – Planning Director, Regal London

How to Change the Culture of the Built Environment

There’s a tremendous culture shift needed, and this session will include details on what’s already in place, what’s coming up and what is needed from all of us to change the culture of the built environment sector.

This session is in partnership with Considerate Constructors Scheme

Speakers include:

Amanda Long – Chief Executive , Considerate Constructors Scheme

Dominique Staindl – Communications Consultant , Real Estate Women

Nicola Jones – National Chair, The Association of Women in Property

How To Deliver 20 King's Cross Style Regeneration Projects Across The UK

As part of its plans to level up, the UK Government will support 20 “King’s Cross-style regeneration projects”, to transform derelict urban sites into beautiful communities. But that is easier said than done, this session brings together visionaries to discuss key ingredients for delivery and explore some of the challenges and opportunities surround the ambition.

This session is in partnership with JLL.

Speakers include:

Chair: Katie Kopec – Head of Strategic Development Consulting, JLL

Peter Freeman – Chair, Homes England

Chair: Fiona Fletcher-Smith – CEO, L&Q

Martin Rees – Mayor, Bristol City Council

Mike Hood – Chief Executive Officer, Landsec's Regeneration Arm

Holistic Regeneration – Creating Thriving Places For People & Nature

As we recover from the pandemic we have a real opportunity to reinvigorate the world around us, making it a better place for both people and nature. This session will discuss how we can undertake holistic regeneration. We’re bringing together key innovators in this space from across the UK to discuss work they have been doing to date and their future plans, explaining approaches, challenges and solutions to overcome.

This session is in partnership with ATKINS and Faithful+Gould

Speakers include:

Chair: Richard Bayley – Consultant, Atkins

Emma Davies – Director, Faithful + Gould

Caroline Simpson – Chief Executive, Stockport Council

Julie Gilhespie – Chief Executive, Tees Valley Combined Authority

Mike Palin – Executive Director of Markets, Partners and Places, Homes England

Stephen Peacock – Executive Director of Growth and Regeneration, Bristol City Council

UK High Streets – How Do We Maintain Pace With Reimagining Place?

With £1bn of Towns Fund being distributed amongst 45 locations and £830m worth of Future High Streets Funding being made available to various regeneration hungry places, this panel brings together the decision makers and beneficiaries to talk about innovative ways to recreate thriving town centres through investment and development.

This session is in partnership with Queensberry.

Speakers include:

Chair: Paul Sargent – Chief Executive, Queensberry

Dr Angela Brockbank – Affordable Homes Sectors Director, Galliford Try

Lord Bob Kerslake – Chair, Stockport Mayoral Development Corporation

Pat Ritchie CBE – Chair, Government Property Agency

Tony Reeves – Chief Executive, Liverpool City Council

Capturing immigrants' Demand – 21st Century New City – Hong Kong Newcomers as a Solid Example

Hong Kong real estate visionary Ivan Ko and the Victoria Harbor Group team are working on plans to develop new neighbourhoods in the UK – and the session will highlight their pioneering integrated city concept.

Speakers include:

Ivan Ko – CEO, Victoria Harbor Group

Harnessing the Power of Places: How Might Business Partner at Pace and Scale to Unlock Positive Change For All?

Businesses are central to our economy, our places and world.  Business engagement, investment and delivery is vital from the high street to employment, from the field to the factory. Business has a vital role to play in the way regulated markets, investment and practices impact on all places and for the good of the planet.

This session is in partnership with the UK Business Council for Sustainable Development.

Speakers include:

Chair: Sandi Rhys Jones OBE – Vice President, Chartered Institute of Building

Simon Richards – Sustainability Director , Sir Robert McAlpine

Liz Barber – Chief Executive, Yorkshire Water

Tina Paillet – President Elect, RICS

Public & Private Sector Relationships: Making Them Work

This session explores bridging the gap between the public/private sector divide and making the cross-sector relationships work for both sides

This session is in partnership with Caddick Group and Moda.

Speakers include:

Emma Shone – Corporate PR Manager, MODA

James Blakey – Director of Planning, MODA

Cllr Ian Ward – Leader, Birmingham City Council

The Nottingham Opportunity – The UK’s Biggest City Centre Development, & An Opportunity of A Lifetime

Nottingham has ripped up the rule book and created a vision and blueprint for how people will live, work and play in city centres moving forward. In this session you will get to reimagine the future of UK cities through two of our key strategic sites, The Broad Marsh and The Island Quarter. This rare opportunity to redevelop over 60 acres of prime city centre land in a greener, cleaner and inclusive way will future proof our city for generations to come.

This session is in partnership with Invest in Nottingham.

Speakers include:

Chair: Nicolle Ndiweni – Inward Investment and Business Expansion Specialist, Invest in Nottingham

Frank Horsley – Head of Business Innovation, D2N2 LEP

Sajeeda Rose – Corporate Director for Growth and City Development, Nottingham City Council

Richard Watson – Project Manager – The Island Quarter, Conygar Investments

Ben Bradley MP – Leader, Nottinghamshire County Council

York Central Briefing

This session will look at York Central – a 45-hectare (111 acre) site predominantly owned by Network Rail and Homes England. This huge project will power York’s economy into the future, helping to provide the homes and commercial space the city needs and grow its economy by 20%.

This session is in partnership with JLL.

Speakers include:

Katie Kopec – Managing Director – Consulting, JLL

Jon Irvine – Development Director, Homes England

Henry Burton – Director, Planning and Development North, JLL

The Future of Blackpool – A Billion+ Reasons to Smile!

Blackpool Council is committed the town and surrounding region – to improve the quality of life for local people through the delivery of its £1bn+ Growth and Prosperity Programme. Over £750m has already been invested in the past decade to regenerate Blackpool, but this is just the start. Many exciting schemes such as Talbot Gateway, Blackpool Central and Blackpool Airport Enterprise Zone will see this continue – so come and discover the opportunities in and around the region.

This session is in partnership with Blackpool Council.

Speakers include:

Nick Gerrard – Growth and Prosperity Programme Director, Blackpool Council

Mike Horner – Development Director, Muse Developments

Sue Grindrod – Managing Director, Blackpool BIDs

Karen Hirst – Managing Director, Maple Grove Developments

John Sullivan – Founder, The Big Picture Cinema Consultants

Investment Opportunity Showcase: SC1 London’s Life Science District

With Europe’s largest medical school and 600 clinical trials running at any one time, the SC1 partnership is building on strong foundations. Economic forecasts reveal the potential to stimulate £34bn GVA and 62,590 jobs by 2050. Join this session to hear how Lambeth and Southwark Councils are working with some of the UK’s leading academics, clinicians, and industry to develop a world class health science community in south central London.

This session is in partnership with the London Borough of Lambeth

Speakers include:

Peter Ward – Director of Real Estate Development, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Trust

David Reay – Development Director, Stanhope

Ivana Poparic – Head of Cluster Development, MedCity

Cllr Claire Holland – Leader, London Borough of Lambeth

Dr. Francesca Gliubich – Chief of Staff (Health & Life Sciences) and Director UK Advanced Therapies, Kings College London

Capitalising on World Class R&D Potential

This private discussion will take place in our VIP Glass Box – discussing how the UK can capitalise on being a world-leading innovator within life sciences, space, energy, future transport and more.

This event is in partnership with Bidwells

This lunch event is invite only.

Chair: Patrick McMahon – Head of Mixed Use Development, Bidwells

George Freeman MP – Minister for Science, Research and Innovation , Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Professor Patrick Bonnett – Chair, UK Science Parks Association

Sarah Haywood – Managing Director, Advanced Oxford

Dr Kath Mackay – Director of Life Sciences, Bruntwood Life Sciences

Will Benjamin – Investment Director, Oxford Properties

Richard O’Boyle – Executive Director, Trinity Investment Management

Tony Jones – CEO, One Nucleus

Karen Clarke – Head of Communications, Oxford-Cambridge Arc

Jackie Sadek – Chief Operating Officer, UK Regeneration

How to be Inclusive in the Workplace

This session will provide tried and tested knowledge, with speakers sharing their experience in developing inclusive and accessible workplaces.

This session is in partnership with Rider Levett Bucknall

Speakers include:

Nicky Oliver – Director, E3 Consulting

Jane Simpson – Director – Access Consultant , Jane Simpson Access

James Manning – Senior Transformation Manager – Sustainability , Innovation @ Grosvenor

Sarah Draper – Partner – Head of People and Culture, Rider Levett Bucknall

Putting The S Into ESG

With a high level of scrutiny on the environment, everyone’s minds are on net zero and climate change – but what of the ‘S’ in ESG? How is social value influencing real estate investment decisions? This session examines how embedded social value is in real estate’s ESG agenda and what are the obstacles to creating real social impact.

This session is in partnership with Trowers & Hamlins LLP 

Speakers include:

Chair: Sam McClary – Editor, Estates Gazette

Pete Gladwell – Group Social Impact & Investment Director, Legal & General

Sara Bailey – Senior Partner, Trowers and Hamlins

Paul Kelly – Development Director, Scarborough Group International

Andrew Taylor – Group Planning Director, Vistry Group

Lucille Watkins-Brazier – Head of Social Sustainability, Lendlease

Combined Authorities: How can they drive forward levelling-up?

Join senior leaders from an array of Combined Authorities who will talk about various forthcoming projects they are undertaking to support inclusive growth in their regions.

This session is in partnership with Caddick Group and Moda.

Speakers Include:

Ben Still – Managing Director, West Yorkshire Combined Authority

Julie Gilhespie – Chief Executive, Tees Valley Combined Authority

Henry Kippin – Managing Director, North of Tyne Combined Authority

Katherine Fairclough – Chief Executive, Liverpool City Region Combined Authority

Eamonn Boylan – Chief Executive, Greater Manchester Combined Authority

South Bank Lunch and Netwalking

UKREiiF is being held in the South Bank of Leeds – a 253-hectare city centre mixed use zone being regenerated through a people first approach to place. Representatives from Leeds City Council and the south bank landowners will explore the site and the projects underway.

Meet At: Department Leeds Dock, 4 The Boulevard, Leeds LS10 1PZ

Voice of the International Investor

An opportunity to hear from international investors and understand why they consider the UK as an attractive investment destination.

The session is in partnership with the Department for International Trade.

Speakers include:

Sally Ronald – Deputy Director Investor Relations, Department for International Trade

Bek Seeley – Founder @ Place Partners UK, Lendlease

Graeme Culliton – UK Managing Director, BoKlok

Leigh Hughes – Business Growth & Social Value Director, Bouygues Construction UK

Alex Price – CEO, Fiera Real Estate

Meeting the Challenge of Funding Retrofit

The technical challenges of retrofitting existing assets to meet net zero carbon aspirations are increasingly well understood. The key issues with all organisations are grappling with is how retrofit programmes at scale can be funded. What options exist and how well do they suite a range of different asset owners from registered providers to pension funds?

This session is in partnership with Arcadis

Speakers include:

Chair – James Knight – Partner, Arcadis

Zoe Jennings – Lead Manager of 3Ci & Net Zero Programmes, Connected Places Catapult

Guy Woodroffe – Policy Lead – Social Housing Decarbonisation, Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy

Chair: Rebecca Harlow – Director, Arcadis

Arron Taggart – Head of UK Investment, Cheyne Capital

Investment Opportunity Facilitation: Coventry and Warwickshire and Cheshire East

Local authorities will be joined by active developers and development partners in a private room – where we shall facilitate introductions between these key players with the view of aiding investment, development and regeneration across the UK.

The facilitation area is open to investors, funders, developers, end users and the local authorities hosting this session.

Email nathan.spencer@built-environment-networking.com for further information.

Keynote: Infrastructure’s Role in Supporting Economic Growth

Infrastructure plays a crucial role in unlocking new development and regeneration across the UK – and we’ll be joined by a senior influencer to set the tone for the discussion to come.

Keynote speaker:

John Flint – Chief Executive, UK Infrastructure Bank

Future Workplaces: Is Hybrid Working?

This session questions what hybrid working means for the future workplace, the expectations of employees and emerging data regarding the impact of different work arrangements (e.g., home, office and hybrid) on employee engagement, performance and wellbeing. The panel will digest on the Economic and Social Research Council funded research being conducted by a multi-disciplinary team based at the University of Leeds, and the expertise of JLL to examine the impact of changing work and workplaces.

This session is in partnership with JLL.

Speakers include:

Iain Franklin – Head of EMEA Strategic Consulting, JLL

Angela Barnicle – Director , City Development Leeds City Council

Dr Matthew Davis – Associate Professor Leeds Business School, University of Leeds

David Scott – Head of UK Investment Research – Real Estate, Abdrn

Connecting People to Opportunity – How are the UK’s Biggest Transport Infrastructure Projects Driving Inclusive Economic Growth?

The UK Government has positioned infrastructure investment as a key pillar of the ‘Build Back Better’ programme and as part of this session, delegates will hear from and interact with senior leadership teams from the most prominent transport projects which will help shape the UK’s future infrastructure.

This session is in partnership with Mott MacDonald.

Speakers include:

Chair: Cathy Travers – Executive Board Director, Mott Macdonald

Andy Street – Mayor, West Midlands Combined Authority

Maria Machancoses – CEO, Midlands Connect

Adam Simmons – Director of Future Road Investment Strategies, National Highways

Bridget Rosewell – Commissioner, National Infrastructure Commission

David Lunts – Chief Executive Officer, Old Oak & Park Royal Development Corporation

Roundtable Discussion: Core Cities Strategic Investment Opportunities In The UK’s Biggest Cities

This high-level session brings together several Chief Executives of the Core Cities, which sit at the centre of the UK’s biggest economic areas outside London. In a workshop style environment, they will touch on the work of the UK Cities Climate Investment Commission as a potential model for investment, the common components of strategic economic and infrastructure planning across these cities; what kinds of opportunities major investors are looking for; and how to translate these into investable propositions.

This roundtable is invite only.

Attendees include:

Chair: Tom Riordan – Chief Executive, Leeds City Council

Deborah Cadman OBE – Chief Executive, Birmingham City Council

Mike Jackson – Chief Executive, Bristol City Council

Graham Smith – Head of Investment, Internationals & Innovation, Glasgow City Council

Pam Smith – Chief Executive, Newcastle City Council

John Walsh – Chief Executive, Belfast City Council

Mel Barrett – Chief Executive, Nottingham City Council

Tony Reeves – Chief Executive, Liverpool City Council

Pat Ritchie CBE – Chair, Government Property Agency

Chris Murray – Director, Core Cities UK

Eugene Walker – Acting Chief Executive, Sheffield City Council

Ken Poole – Economic Development Director, Cardiff Council

Belfast Region – A £1bn Decade of Opportunity

Built on a foundation of exceptional talent, creativity and innovation, Belfast is already ranked in the top 25 Tech Cities in the world and the Belfast region is vibrant and exciting, bursting with potential. With the Belfast Region City Deal unlocking £1 billion of transformative co-investment and delivering more than 20 highly ambitious projects and programmes including investments in digital, innovation and cleantech, world class visitor experiences and the regeneration of our towns and cities, it will further strengthen the region’s compelling investment proposition and unlock a decade of opportunity

This session is in partnership with Belfast City Council.

Speakers include:

Chair: David Elliott – Senior Director, Lanyon Group

Buta Atwal – Chief Executive Officer, Wrightbus

Wayne Hemmingway MBE – Founder, Hemmingway Design

Amanda Griffiths – Director, Built Environment Networking

Majella McAllister – Deputy Chief Executive, Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council

Cathy Reynolds – Director- City Centre Regeneration, Belfast City Council

Conor Mallon – Director of Enterprise, Regeneration and Tourism, Newry, Mourne and Down District Council

Damien Martin – Strategic Director of Place and Economy, Belfast City Council

Invest in Carlisle: Be Part of our Growing City

With a ten-year strategy to regenerate Cumbria- supported by the £367m Borderlands Growth Deal- opportunity is aplenty within the region. Keen to meet all areas of the built environment ecosystem, a high level team from across Carlisle and Cumbria come together to unveil millions of pounds worth of new schemes and investment opportunities.

This session is in partnership with Carlisle City Council.

Speakers include:

Chair: Emma Porter – Managing Director , Story Contracting

Jane Meek – Corporate Director of Economic Development, Cumberland Council

Stephen Robinson – Head of Regeneration, Carlisle City Council

Neil Cole – Head of Planning Policy, Carlisle City Council

Investment Opportunity Showcase: East Birmingham Regeneration Proposition

The East Birmingham Inclusive Growth Strategy is a £500m development opportunity which will support the creation of 60,000 jobs and 10,000 new homes. Birmingham City council will outline investment opportunities allied to the unlocking of this project.

This session is in partnership with Birmingham City Council.

Speakers include:

Cllr Ian Ward – Leader, Birmingham City Council

Thirteen Group Housing Investor and Developer Lunch

Thirteen Group – one of the UK’s leading landlords and housebuilders – will be hosting an exclusive lunch to connect senior voices across the UK’s housing sector.

This Lunch is invite only.

Attendees include:

Angela Barnicle – Director , City Development Leeds City Council

Jackie Rigby – Head of Affordable Housing Strategy , Homes England

Adele Buckley – Head of Housing Growth and Regeneration, Kirklees Council

Michelle Percy – Director of Investment and Growth, Newcastle City Council

Jane Castor – Chief Financial Officer , Thirteen Group

Joy Whinnerah – Executive Director, Development , Thirteen Group

Sharon Thomas – Director of Strategic Partnerships , Thirteen Group

Dr Angela Brockbank – Affordable Homes Sectors Director, Galliford Try

Sam Granger – Head of Environmental Sus, Thirteen Group

Jayne Lawson – Head of Innovation and Marketing , Thirteen Group

Geoff Paul – Head of Development and Housing, Durham County Council

Kathryn Daly – Head of City Development, York Council

Gary Taylor – Assistant Director, Major Projects, Culture and Place, Hull City Council

An Audience with Leeds Rhinos

Unwind over lunch by joining an interactive audience session with Leeds Rhinos rugby and netball players.

Investment Opportunity Facilitation: Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk

Local authorities will be joined by active developers and development partners in a private room – where we shall facilitate introductions between these key players with the view of aiding investment, development and regeneration across the UK.

The facilitation area is open to investors, funders, developers, end users and the local authorities hosting this session.

Email nathan.spencer@built-environment-networking.com for further information.

Retrofit at Scale – A National SPV

Whilst the benefits are not disputed, a key challenge facing the housing sector is the scale and pace of the retrofit requires to meet Net Zero targets. Join ARUP at their Leeds Office where they’ll be hosting this fringe event to explore the topic.

Register: https://info.arup.com/UKREiiF-Arup-Fringe-Programme_Registration-LP.html

Closing the Digital Divide- How Digital Infrastructure Investment Can Support Levelling Up

A group of digital infrastructure experts and delivery bodies come together to talk about what needs to be done to improve and support nationwide connectivity and data demands.

This session is in partnership with Openreach.

Speakers include:

Chair: Kim Mears OBE – Managing Director, Strategic Infrastructure Development, Openreach

Garry Cornell – Group Head of Sustainability and Environment , Yondr Group

Stacey McAdie – Digital Connectivity Lead, South London Partnership

Chair: Matt Bateman – Director, Infrastructure Development, Openreach

Action Not Words: How Do We Attract, Identify and Nurture Talent in the Construction Industry to Create Equity?

This session will dive into the topic of attracting more talent into the industry, and providing a path to nurture and promote to create a more inclusive and equal industry.

This session is in partnership with ATKINS

Speakers include:

Chair: Dara Jafari – Regional Director, Faithful+Gould

Sharon Slinger – Director, Constructing Rainbows

Amos Simbo – Founder, BPIC Network

Rumbi Chiparamandu – Graduate Quantity Surveyor, Faithful + Gould

Roundtable Discussion: How Can The Public Sector Drive Decarbonisation?

What role should central government play in funding the delivery of decarbonisation? How can local government use powers to deliver net zero? Should the public sector play a more active role as a sponsor for decarbonisation initiatives? What steps need to be taken to decarbonise public sector estate? Leading voices from across the UK invite UKREIIF delegates to listen and share their thoughts as part of this interactive round table session.

This roundtable discussion is in partnership with Womble Bond Dickinson.

Speakers include:

Melanie Leech CBE – Chief Executive, British Property Federation

Andrew Hirst – Partner, Womble Bond Dickinson

Rachel Mason-Salkeld – Senior Consultant – Sustainability, Energy and Carbon Management, Ricardo Energy

Sally McGill – Chief Financial Officer and Deputy Chief Executive, Staffordshire University

Dr Aileen Jones – Executive Director for Investment and Delivery, Liverpool City Region Combined Authority

Hero Wellbeing Workshop – Work Based Posture

Join the Hero team as they deliver an interactive look at improving work place wellbeing.

This sessions is in partnership with Caddick Group and Moda.

Speakers include:

Joe Gaunt – Founder & CEO, Hero

Levelling Up Delivery Workshop with DLUP

In this fringe event held at Addleshaw Goddard’s Leeds Office, and in partnership with Deloitte and the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, the teams will form a joint working group to look at key opportunities and challenges for authorities delivering Levelling Up projects.

Register email: jennifer.ellis@addleshawgoddard.com

Investment Opportunity Showcase: Rebuilding a True Social Fabric Within Nottingham City Centre

A new vision for the Nottingham city centre has been unveiled – at the former Broadmarsh shopping centre and surrounding area’s. The plans are very early within their conception, with influence being taken from the London King’s Cross scheme and the 1000 Trees mixed-use project in Shanghai. Come and discover the exciting investment opportunities within the city.

This session is in partnership with Invest in Nottingham.

Speakers include:

Sajeeda Rose – Corporate Director for Growth and City Development, Nottingham City Council

Office of Government Property – Major Investment and Development Plans

The top team from the Office of Government property deliver a series of exciting, exclusive insights into their future estate priorities, challenges and opportunities, using their role as official partners for UKREiiF to interact with delegates about how they can be part of future work

Speakers include:

Chair: Mark Chivers – Director General, Government Property / Cabinet Office

Dr Janet Young – Government Head of Property Profession, Cabinet Office

Carl Von Reibnitz – Sustainability Director, Ministry of Justice

Natalie Forrest – SRO New Hospital Programme, Department of Health & Social Care

Lara Newman – Chief Executive, LocatED

Simon McWhirter – Director of Comms, Policy and Places, UK Green Building Council

Tony Burley – Regional Director for UK & Ireland, IBI Group

Investment Opportunity Facilitation: Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, Durham and Nottingham

Local authorities will be joined by active developers and development partners in a private room – where we shall facilitate introductions between these key players with the view of aiding investment, development and regeneration across the UK.

The facilitation area is open to investors, funders, developers, end users and the local authorities hosting this session.

Email nathan.spencer@built-environment-networking.com for further information.

Birmingham – A Golden Decade of Opportunity

Key stakeholders from across Birmingham talk about capitalising on the eyes of the world being on the city this summer as they stage the best-ever Commonwealth Games. They will announce details of the next tranche of projects to supercharge Birmingham, including the £1.9bn Smithfield development, the 42-acre Digbeth Custard Factory scheme, the BBC relocation, and Steven Knight’s proposed film studios.

This session is in partnership with Birmingham City Council.

Speakers include:

Neil Martin – CEO, Lendlease

Susan Barrett – Chief Operating Officer, Urban Growth Company

Deborah Cadman OBE – Chief Executive, Birmingham City Council

Cllr Ian Ward – Leader, Birmingham City Council

Leicester & Leicestershire Working Together to Plan for the Future

Leicester and Leicestershire has become one of the fastest growing business and investment locations at the heart of the country. It boasts a unique proposition that characterises our prime place in the Midlands. This session will showcase our hugely ambitious growth plans focusing on urban regeneration, addressing high street and transport challenges, providing future housing and employment space and achieving our Net Zero ambitions.

This session is in partnership with Leicester City Council and Leicestershire County Council

Speakers include:

Jon Bennett – Head of Strategic Property Services, Leicestershire County Council

Sarah Rudkin – Economic Growth Team Leader, Leicestershire County Council

Mike Dalzell – Director of Tourism, Culture and Inward Investment, Leicester City Council

Sarah Harrison – City Centre Director , Leicester City Council

Dr Fiona Ellis-Chadwick – Senior Lecturer, School of Business & Economics, Loughborough University

Stockport Mayoral Development Corporation – Next Opportunity

Stockport Mayoral Development Corporation is the first in the country to focus on town centre regeneration and its bold and ambitious plans to transform the area are progressing at pace. This session will explore how it is overcoming the challenges of developing brownfield sites to create sustainable community living in the heart of a post-industrial town centre and the next exciting opportunity will be unveiled.

This session is in partnership with Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council.

Speakers include:

Lord Bob Kerslake – Chair, Stockport Mayoral Development Corporation

Caroline Simpson – Chief Executive, Stockport Council

Tim Heatley – Co-Founder, Capital & Centric

Data Revolution

More data is available for the BTR sector than ever before, as what was recently a fledgling market becomes increasingly mature within the UK. With so much information suddenly available, this panel will explore which data is the most useful for still-expanding market, and how are developers and operators best placed to use it to progress their businesses?

This session is in partnership with Caddick Group and Moda.

Speakers include:

Matt Bowen – Partner, Knight Frank

Adam Burr – Senior Surveyor, CBRE

Richard Smith – Managing Director – Operations, Moda

Emma Rosser – Associate – UK Living Research and Strategy, JLL

Interactive Session: How to Make Change Happen Together

With six of the big professional institutes formally committing to collaborate on EDI, join this interactive session to find out more, share your thoughts and get involved in making change happen.

This session is in partnership with the CIOB and RTPI

Speakers include:

Machel Bogues – EDI Manager , Royal Town Planning Institute

Mark Harrison – Head of EDI Transformation , CIOB

Rebecca Lovelace – Founder and Chief Dot-Joiner , Building People

Bridging The Viability Gap

This session looks at how local authorities can take the lead to bridge the financial viability gap whilst leveraging the expertise of others, and reducing risk exposure around development, regeneration and construction.

This session is in partnership with JLL

Speakers include:

Chair: Martin LeGrice – Head of Long Income & Funding Solutions, JLL

John Hughes – Managing Director, Ask Real Estate

Yvonne Ambo – Senior Transactions Manager, Long Income Funds, Legal & General

Iain Robinson – Assistant Director – Town Centre Development, Stockton-on- Tees Borough Council

Exploring the Construction Playbook’s Relationship with Levelling Up

With a national push to get as many built environment-related organisations to take guidance from the Construction Playbook, national experts come together to share insight on how it can underpin UK wide levelling up strategy.

Speakers include:

Gerard Toplass – Executive Chairman, The 55 Group

Ann Bentley – Board Member, Construction Leadership Council and Global Board Director

Gareth Rhys Williams – Government Chief Commercial Officer, Cabinet Office

Rebecca Hartshorn – National Framework Director, John Sisk & Son

Jenna Frudd – Relationships Director, Wilmott Dixon

Education, Equality, Gender: Securing a World That Works For Everyone

Ensuring the necessary 21^st Century learning, skills and support is vital to unlocking sustainable development. Fundamentally embedding equality, diversity, gender and children’s rights into development and place-making is central to creating an economy that works for everyone. This session explores how to underpin the skills agenda with net zero principles.

This session is in partnership with the UK Business Council for Sustainable Development.

Speakers include:

Nicola Jones – National Chair, The Association of Women in Property

Charlotte Bonner – National Head of Education for Sustainable Development, Education and Training Foundation

Neil Pinder – Founder, HomeGrown Plus

Cllr Susan Hinchcliffe – Leader, City of Bradford Council

Mayor of West Yorkshire Women in Business Reception

The Mayor of West Yorkshire will host a private event – focused on Women in Business.

This event is invite only.

Unpicking EV – Connecting the ESG Agenda with Delivering a Public Network

Developers, occupiers and investors come together with Be.EV to address the challenges of delivering high quality, sustainable electric vehicle infrastructure which is fit for the everyday citizen’s needs.

Asif Ghafoor – Chief Executive Officer, Be.EV

Investment Opportunity Facilitation: South London Partnership

A conglomerate of London Borough’s made up of Richmond, Kingston, Merton, Sutton and Croydon will bring along their senior team and development partners to connect in a private room with potential investors, funders and developers.

The facilitation area is open to investors, funders, developers, end users and the local authorities hosting this session.

Email nathan.spencer@built-environment-networking.com for further information.

Solving the Housing Crisis – Accelerating the Delivery of High Quality and Affordable Homes

With a concerted push to create more world-class housing options to deliver the 345,000 new homes a year needed over the next decade, this high-level panel brings together policy makers with delivery experts to explore an array of options available to address creating the inclusive neighbourhoods of tomorrow.

Speakers include: 

Alice Lamb – Deputy CEO, LandAid

Jennie Daly – Chief Executive, Taylor Wimpey

Peter Denton – Chief Executive, Homes England

Jacqueline Esimaje-Heath – Growth Director , L&Q

Paul Dennett – Mayor, Salford City Council

James Saunders – Chief Executive Officer, Quintain

The Future of UK Housing and BtR Investment: How Do We Meet Demands and Needs?

The need for a diverse portfolio of high-quality housing options across the UK is at an all time high and with no “one size fits all” solution to delivery apparent, this panel explores the type of investment needed in the sector to support place making, achieve development targets and sustain inclusive growth

This session is in partnership with Greystar.

Speakers include:

Gareth Bradford – Director of Housing and Regeneration, West Midlands Combined Authority

Dr Charlotte Carpenter – Executive Director of Growth and Development , Karbon Homes

Harry Swales – Chief Investment Officer, Homes England

Daljit Sandhu – Co-Founder and COO, Precis Capital

Chair: Michela Hancock – Managing Director, Greystar Europe

Can Private Capital Make a Meaningful Contribution To The Affordable Housing Crisis?

Big Society Capital brings together experts from Homes England, Man GPM, Resonance Limited and the Greater Manchester Pension Fund to discuss the potential for social property funds to provide affordable homes to the people who need them – in a way that works for tenants, investors, and fund managers.

This session is in partnership with Big Society Capital.

Speakers include:

Gemma Bourne – Managing Director, Better Society Capital

Shamez Alibhai – Head of Community Housing and Portfolio Manager, Man GPM

Simon Chisholm – Chief Investment Officer, Resonance Limited

Paddy Dowdall – Assistant Executive Director, Greater Manchester Pension Fund

The UK’s Key and Core Cities

Learn how the UK’s cities and urban areas are propelling economic recovery through innovation to make these areas more attractive for inward investment.

This session is in partnership with the Department for International Trade.

Speakers include:

Chair: Damian Wild – Managing Director, ING Media

Cllr Philip Broadhead – Leader, BCP Council

Mike Jackson – Chief Executive, Bristol City Council

Michelle Percy – Director of Investment and Growth, Newcastle City Council

York and North Yorkshire – More Than Just a Pretty Place

A picture postcard region that benefits from World Heritage Sites, areas of outstanding beauty and an UNESCO Creative City but that’s not all….We are home to many well known global brands, we are a region that is at the forefront of the green energy revolution, we are a region that harbours ambition to be carbon-negative by 2040. With a range of unique and diverse investment opportunities, large scale regeneration projects and broad skill base, join us to hear about York and North Yorkshire like never before.

This session is in partnership with York and North Yorkshire LEP.

Bruce Heppenstall – Plant Director, Drax Group

Sarah Thomas – Business Relationship Manager, York and North Yorkshire LEP

Kathryn Daly – Head of City Development, York Council

Dave Caulfield – Director of Economic Regeneration and Place, Selby Council

Vertical Integration in Action

The Casa by Moda team comes together to talk about how vertical integration works across Caddick Group’s newest platform in the short and long term.

 This session is in partnership with Caddick Group and Moda.

Speakers include:

Emma Shone – Corporate PR Manager, MODA

Stephen Rogers – Associate Director, Asset Management, MODA

Rob Gill – Head of Acquisitions, Casa

Chris Procter – Director, Caddick Developments

Investment Opportunity Facilitation: Birmingham, Bradford and Leicester

Local authorities will be joined by active developers and development partners in a private room – where we shall facilitate introductions between these key players with the view of aiding investment, development and regeneration across the UK.

The facilitation area is open to investors, funders, developers, end users and the local authorities hosting this session.

Email nathan.spencer@built-environment-networking.com for further information.

Leeds City Council: City Resilience Through Greening Our Urban Environment

From carbon capture, to protecting biodiversity, to reducing flood risk, greening our towns and cities will play a crucial role in tackling the climate emergency. This session will bring together representatives from the public sector, investors and developers to discuss the importance of greening in the built environment.

 This session is in partnership with Leeds City Council

Speakers include:

Polly Cook – Chief Officer, Climate, Energy and Green Spaces, Leeds City Council

Simon Schofield – Construction Lead, Vastint

Rachael Bice – CEO, Yorkshire Wildlife Trust

Professor Andy Gouldson – Lead Climate Advisor, UK Infrastructure Bank

Dr Janet Young – Government Head of Property Profession, Cabinet Office

Martin Farrington – Director of City Development, Leeds City Council

Addleshaw Goddard Drinks Reception @ The Stew and Oyster

Join Addleshaw Goddard for an afternoon and evening of drinks and nibbles following the second day of UKREiiF.

Register email: jennifer.ellis@addleshawgoddard.com

The Green Retrofit Agenda: How Does Industry Rise To The Challenge?

With £274bn worth of opportunities for the built environment supply chain by 2040, the Green Retrofit agenda is the biggest infrastructure project touching nationwide regions in multiple generations. This session explores obstacles, viability and challenges facing its delivery with thoughts from leading national voices associated with it.

This session is in partnership with Cundall.

Speakers include: 

Chair: Simon Wyatt – Partner, Cundall

Lord Martin Callanan – Parliamentary Under Secretary of State , Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Donna Williams – Group Director, Sustainability and Climate Change, Sanctuary Group

Carl Arntzen – CEO, Bosch

Martin Reeves – Chief Executive, Oxfordshire County Council

Securing Long Term Development Finance For Net Zero Projects

The barriers to large-scale investment into local net zero schemes lie not in the gross availability of finance, but rather the ability to create robust business cases and investment models, that address issues of scale, longevity and confidence. This session will explore the work UKCCIC and partners are doing to tackle this deficit head on.

This session is in partnership with the UK Cities Climate Investment Commission

Speakers include:

Chair: Professor Greg Clark – Chair, Connected Places Catapult

Pete Gladwell – Group Social Impact & Investment Director, Legal & General

Professor Andy Gouldson – Lead Climate Advisor, UK Infrastructure Bank

Cllr Georgia Gould – Chair, London Councils

Dr Aileen Jones – Executive Director for Investment and Delivery, Liverpool City Region Combined Authority

Conference Highlights and Forward Look

With so much happening across UKREiiF at the same time, it’s just not possible to see everything you want to see. Join us and special guests for a look back of the day’s highlights and look forward of the best of what’s ahead!

This session is in partnership with JLL.

Speakers include:

Jessica Bowles – Director of Strategy, Bruntwood

Tim Heatley – Co-Founder, Capital & Centric

Kayode Akinola – UK Public Affairs Director, JLL

Challenge Session: Clean Growth – Accelerating Clean Growth City District

Using Bradford District as test bed this session looks at how to shape investment that delivers whole system impacts and supports a commercial approach to reshaping the UK and planet at pace and scale.

This session is in partnership with UK Business Council for Sustainable Development.

Speakers include:

Chair: Jason Longhurst – Chair, UKBCSD

Ashley Dunseath – Managing Director , UKBCSD

Kat Ibbotson – Net Zero Lead , WSP

Future London: What Talent Wants

Highlighting pioneering examples from across London, this panel brings together leading practitioners who understand what talent are looking for when deciding where to live and work. Delegates will hear how integrating sustainability and wellbeing creates the living and work spaces that appeals to talent.

This session is in partnership with Opportunity London.

Speakers Include:

Chair: Nicola Mathers – Chief Executive , Future of London

Morwenna Hall – Executive Director, Related Arget

Ramsey Yassa – Architect and Founding Director, NOOMA

James Byrne – Partner, Sustainable Ventures

Cheshire East Council Networking Event

Join Cheshire East Council at Stand C26 in the exhibition hall – as they share details of the attractive investment opportunities available in Crewe ahead of HS2. A brief talk will be followed by networking and alcoholic/non-alcoholic drinks.

To register email: business@cheshireeast.gov.uk

Peter Skates – Director of Growth & Enterprise, Cheshire East Council

West Yorkshire Cultural Collective

West Yorkshire has placed culture and creativity at the heart of both their economic and community recovery with exciting milestones such as Leeds 2023 and the Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture Bid to look towards. This fringe event will celebrate all things culture in the region and showcase the West Yorkshire Culture Collective Programme.

This fringe event is invite only.

Why Invest in the Midlands? Experiences and Opportunities

From Advanced Manufacturing to Video Games, the Midlands is home to a wealth of investment opportunity. This high-level panel will delve into recent investment success stories and explore some of the future opportunities across the Midlands.

This session is in partnership with Midlands Engine. 

Speakers include:

Chair: Sir John Peace – Chairman, Midlands Engine

Bek Seeley – Founder @ Place Partners UK, Lendlease

Lynda Shillaw – Chief Executive Officer, Harworth Group

Richard O’Boyle – Executive Director, Trinity Investment Management

Jackie Wild – CEO, Smart Parc

South Bank Net-Walking & Informal Drinks

UKREiiF is being held in the South Bank Regeneration Area; a 253 hectare city centre mixed use zone being regenerated through a people first approach to place. Hosted by Leeds City Council with representatives of major South Bank landowners, this netwalking event will explore the opportunity and mixed use development under way including: Citu’s Climate Innovation District, Guinness Partner’s Points Cross Scheme, Allied London’s Leeds Dock, the largest new city centre park in the UK and the home of the proposed British Library North at the historic Grade 1 Temple Works.

This event is now fully booked.

Marsh Specialty Drinks Reception and Canapés

Join the Marsh Specialty Construction Practice for drinks and canapés at Water Lane Boathouse in the city centre.

Register here: https://info.marsh.com/e/395202/jfe-form-SV-ekqTcp10sc6ryDA/c6whfs/1766327174?h=aRiFzvMdjF_bC9KUyY-fhy2u1-Kq4jGduSNotN66ty4

Lambert Smith Hampton’s Drinks & Food Reception

Join the LSH team and many industry professionals for drinks and buffet food at Lost & Found in Leeds city centre.

To register interest in this event email: tanderson@lsh.co.uk

Built Environment Leaders Group – Canapés and Drinks Reception

Taking place in an exclusive outdoor setting on the UKREiiF site, our monthly Built Environment Leaders Group comes to Leeds and brings together industry leaders for c-suite networking featuring national policy influencers, developers, investors and occupiers.

This fringe event is in partnership with Built Environment Leaders Group.

This reception is invite only.

To express your interest in attending please email nathan.spencer@built-environment-networking.com.

Faithful+Gould, ATKINS and Edaroth Gin Experience

A unique gin making experience alongside networking with fellow professionals.

This event is invite only.

Midlands Engine Investment Reception

The Midlands Engine team will be hosting a drinks reception for investors, developers and public sector representatives with interests in the Midlands. The Reception will see the formal launch of the new Midlands Investment Portfolio – showcasing opportunities for growth and development across the region.

Register: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/midlands-engine-investment-reception-tickets-314363488657

With Special Guest:

George Freeman MP – Minister for Science, Research and Innovation , Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

UKREiiF Net-Walking Tour – How The LGBTQ+ Community Has Aided Regeneration

We will meet at Leeds Dock at the UKREiiF venue before taking a walking tour heading back into the city, via LGBT landmarks, uncovering hidden history, before making our way towards the Freedom Quarter in Leeds.

This fringe event is in partnership with Freehold. To be inclusive you will not have to be a UKREiiF ticket holder to attend this event.

Register: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ukreiif-net-walking-tour-how-the-lgbtq-community-has-aided-regeneration-tickets-333460799227

Thames Estuary Growth Board Drinks Reception

The Thames Estuary Growth Board will be hosting an evening drinks reception within the Tournament Gallery at the Royal Armouries venue. The Drinks Reception will be open to circa 200 guests to connect and network with the UK’s number one growth opportunity.

Moda Living and Caddick Group Presents: New York Square VIP Party

The Moda Living and Caddick Group team will be hosting a fringe event party at their New York Square, a new BtR neighbourhood featuring 515 homes in Leeds city centre.

This event is invite only.

UKREiiF Networking Drinks Reception – LGBTQ+ Community & Allies

Following an LGBT+ history tour around Leeds, Freehold will be hosting a networking event – visiting several bars and venues within the LGBT+ Freedom Quarter. Everyone is welcome for an evening of networking with several speakers set to be announced throughout the evening to discuss how the LGBTQ+ community is acting as a catalyst for urban regeneration.

This fringe event is in partnership with Freehold. To be inclusive you will not have to be a UKREiiF ticket holder to attend this event. 

Register: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ukreiif-networking-drinks-reception-lgbtq-community-allies-tickets-333450197517

Guest speakers:

Cllr James Lewis – Leader, Leeds City Council

Sharon Slinger – Director, Constructing Rainbows

RLB Darts Evening @ Flight Club

Join the Rider Levett Bucknall team and unwind at Flightclub to enjoy networking and conversation over a game of darts.

To register interest in attending email: ukreiif@uk.rlb.com

Morning Run with Built Environment Networking

Come and build your fitness and wellbeing to ensure you’re fresh for the day ahead, whilst networking with like-minded others for a morning run

Register: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/morning-run-with-built-environment-networking-tickets-330524596967

Women in Property Breakfast @ UKREiiF

This exclusive fringe event, organised by Women in Property and hosted by developer Citu, will kickstart with a light breakfast before Jonathan Wilson of Citu will give an overview of The Place, a Citu led development in Leeds creating a new community within the Climate Innovation District. A site tour of The Place will follow breakfast.

Registration for this event is now closed due to being sold out.

Speakers include:

Nicola Jones – National Chair, The Association of Women in Property

Jonathan Wilson – Development Director, Citu

Breakfast Club with Loop and Pagabo

Our event partners for the Social Value Pavilion will host a morning session with a breakfast bar – including hot drinks and a continental breakfast – whilst Loop will showcase their latest software launch and share industry and social value insight

Working on Net Zero @ Wellington Place

Wellington Place will be the home to the first development delivered under the NABERS UK scheme outside of London, delivering the most energy-efficient office building in Yorkshire. Join Arup, MEPC and JLL as a panel discuss how to create the environmental, commercial, and social benefits on sustainable developments.

Register: https://info.arup.com/UKREiiF-Arup-Fringe-Programme_Registration-LP.html

Coventry & Warwickshire: New Vibe Future High Streets – How Culture and Creativity Can Drive Investment and Transform Places

This session will bring together senior leaders from the public and private sector in Coventry & Warwickshire to discuss the opportunities presented for regeneration and growth driven by culture and creativity, including UK City of Culture. The session will look at how this is shaping office market trends in Coventry, Leamington and the West Midlands and elsewhere, and how Future High Streets and Towns Fund are creating new levers for local authorities.

This session is in partnership with Invest in Coventry and Warwickshire

Ian Harrabin – Managing Director, Complex Development Projects

Mark Ryder – Strategic Director of Communities, Warwickshire County Council

Steph Kerr – Executive Director , BID Leamington

Andy Williams – Director of Regeneration & Economy, Coventry City Council

UK Regeneration Directors Networking Event

This event will gather the a number of local authority regeneration leads from the major UK cities to share knowledge and challenges.

This event is invite only.

Investment Opportunity Facilitation: Sheffield, York & North Yorkshire and Carlisle

Local authorities will be joined by active developers and development partners in a private room – where we shall facilitate introductions between these key players with the view of aiding investment, development and regeneration across the UK.

The facilitation area is open to investors, funders, developers, end users and the local authorities hosting this session.

Email nathan.spencer@built-environment-networking.com for further information.

Healthy Ageing & Living: A Global Investment Opportunity

Newcastle has become the ‘go to place’ for ageing innovation with a vision and strategic vocation to be the global epicentre of healthy longevity. Newcastle University has a global reputation for research excellence in healthy ageing.  To further cement this position, they have ambitious plans for a new 29-acre development built on former hospital site. This session is dedicated to launching details of their vision.

This session is in partnership with the National Innovation Centre for Ageing

Speakers include:

Chair: Jonathan Hunter – Partner, GSS Architecture

Professor Jane Robinson – Pro Vice Chancellor, Engagement and Place, Newcastle University

Nic Palmarini – Director, National Innovation Centre for Ageing

Professor Lynne Corner – Co-Founder and Director of VOICE, National Innovation Centre for Ageing

Richard Ingham – Founding Partner, GenR8 Developments

Michelle Percy – Director of Investment and Growth, Newcastle City Council

Realising A Western Gateway: Next Steps & Key Priorities For Growth Across The South West and Wales

As the appetite for inward investment, regeneration and the creation of greener, smarter, healthier places across the South West and Wales grows, key figures allied to the Western Gateway growth board join with development experts to explore untapped potential of its towns and cities while also highlight a key role it will play for the UK on a global stage.

Speakers include: 

Chair: Jo Dally – Strategic Partnerships Director , National Composites Centre

Stephen Bashford – Director of Business and Skills, West of England Combined Authority

Paul Moorby OBE – Chair, Swindon and Wiltshire Local Enterprise Partnership

Ben Pritchard – Cardiff Office Leader, Arup

The Future of ESG: Making It The Rule, Not The Exception

Investors and occupiers are joined by a group of thought leaders who will share insight into how they’re placing social value and environmental responsibility at the heart of their investment and development projects and to forecast the impact ESG will have on delivering schemes in the future.

This session is in partnership with Tarmac

Speakers include:

Chair: Hannah Haeffner – Director, Tarmac

Simon Gould – Development Director, Impact Health REIT

Shiraz Jiwa – Chief Executive Officer, The Valesco Group

Kristina Arsenievich – Director Real Estate ESG, Barings

Keynote: Health, Wellbeing and Demographics

A high-level speaker joins the UKBCSD team and partners to discuss how creating healthier places contributes to tackling Net Zero.

Keynote speaker:

Jane Findlay – President, Landscape Institute

Engagement and community data best practices: using partnerships to achieve governmental white paper goals

The government’s long-awaited Levelling Up white paper has, at its centre, twelve ‘Missions’ to level up the UK. It puts forward a number of ideas, many of which could accelerate the trend of local democratic enhancement through a greater say for local people and communities. But what it provides in breadth it often lacks in detail.

It is imbued with community language: there are 451 appearances of the words ‘community’ or ‘communities’ in the paper (which is admittedly 297 pages long). This is where there is an opportunity to radically reshape the way that communities interact with their places. To get this right, real actionable data needs to be collected from local people as part of an open conversation. Digital tools and the right partnerships will play a huge role in this.

This talk explores, with examples, how this can be achieved.

This roundtable session is in partnership with Commonplace.

How to Move From 2% – Prioritising Tradeswomen and Closing the Skills Gap

Find out how to become part of industry-changing training and employment routes that encourage, enable and support women to succeed in careers in the trades.

This session is in partnership with Willmott Dixon

Speakers include:

Hattie Hasan MBE – Founder and CEO , Register of Tradeswomen

Mica May – Director, Register of Tradeswomen

Chair: Richard Davidson – Director, Balfour Beatty

Freeports: One Year On – Examining Their Fledgling Role In Unlocking Development, Jobs, & Inward Investment

Fourteen months on from the announcement of successful Freeport bids, senior figures behind their implementation and development share details surrounding the physical metamorphosis of these inclusive growth sites while analysing their impact on each region so far.

Speakers include: 

Simon Bird – Director of Freeports, Associated British Ports

Rt Hon Ruth Kelly – Chair, Thames Freeport

Michael Green – Head of Freeports, Department for Business and Trade

John Lucy – Director, Liverpool Freeport

Scottish Government Investor and Developer Networking

A high-level delegation from Scottish government lead an array of UKREiiF attendees to discuss key Scottish growth priorities.

This event is invite only.

Hosted by:

Neil Francis – Interim Managing Director, International Development, Scottish Enterprise

Innovative Approaches to Housing and Creating the Communities of Tomorrow

The UK needs 345,000 new homes per year over the coming decade. With land and planning challenges prevalent across the country, this unique session brings together developers and innovators who are proposing new ways of delivering housing and the roles they can play in designing the neighbourhoods of the future.

This session is in partnership with ATKINS

Speakers Include:

Chair: Melanie Leech CBE – Chief Executive, British Property Federation

Mike Hood – Chief Executive Officer, Landsec's Regeneration Arm

Jacqui Gedman – Chief Executive, Kirklees Council

Kirk Taylor – Head of Development, Kajima Partnerships

Elizabeth Rapoport – Assistant Director – Strategy, Homes England

Michela Hancock – Managing Director, Greystar Europe

Nick Towe – Commercial Director, Atkins

Investment Opportunity Facilitation: West London

Local authorities will be joined by active developers and development partners in a private room – where we shall facilitate introductions between these key players with the view of aiding investment, development and regeneration across the UK.

The facilitation area is open to investors, funders, developers, end users and the local authorities hosting this session.

Email nathan.spencer@built-environment-networking.com for further information.

Roundtable: Creative Places Create Value: Culture’s Role in Levelling-up

This session explores the potential of the UK’s cultural and creative industries to fulfil the ambitions of our communities. How can culture underpin the levelling-up agenda? What can we learn from over two decades of culturally-led regeneration and what interventions, partnerships and investment is needed to ensure we deliver thriving cultural centres in all of our towns and cities?

Speakers include:

Chair: Emma Wilcox – Project Director, Creative Estuary

Gordon Seabright – Chief Executive, Creative Land Trust

Olaide Oboh – Executive Director, Socius

Wesley Ankrah – Social Value Director, Savills

Marie Kirbyshaw – Chief Executive, The Culture Trust Luton

Max Farrell – Founder and CEO , LDN Collective

Pete Massey – Director for Northern Economy and Partnerships, Arts Council

Selina Mason – Director of Strategic Design and Masterplanning, Lendlease

Mark Davy – Founder & CEO, Futurecity

Adriana Marques – Head of Cultural Strategy, Peabody

This is Leeds!

The city of Leeds continues to go from strength to strength, with high calibre occupiers and developers continuing to choose the Yorkshire city as a destination for headquarters, branches and major development schemes alike. In this session, four businesses based in Leeds from outside the built environment sector talk about the city’s evolution and how this rise in interest has impacted their operations and experiences.

This session is in partnership with Caddick Group and Moda

Speakers include:

Sharon Brigden – Managing Director, SLPR

Lizzie Murphy – Business Reporter, Yorkshire Post

Amy Leech – Associate Director, Leeds Playhouse

Bobby Thandi – Founder and CEO, XR Games

Bradford District – Accelerating a High-Growth Sustainable & Inclusive Economy That Works For Everyone

This session will provide an overview of Bradford District’s investment, delivery and plans to unleash the power of people, place and businesses as we look to 2030. As the UK’s primary Levelling Up investment area, a shortlisted bid for City of Culture #Bradford2025 and the UK’s leading clean growth test bed, Bradford District is shaping up for an exciting next five years!

This session is in partnership with The City of Bradford Metropolitan Council. 

Speakers include:

Manoj Joshi – Chair, Bradford Economic Partnership

Professor Shirley Congdon – Vice Chancellor , University of Bradford

James Pitt – Regional Director, Muse

Opportunity London: Housing Our Talent

Affordable housing is increasingly both an economic and social justice issue, at the forefront of the minds of people and business. What can be done to enable our talented communities to live affordably in the city? Delegates will hear from sector leaders across public and private sector house builders exploring one of the grand challenges affecting cities today.

This session is in partnership with Opportunity London.

Speakers include:

Emily Wilson – Head of Partnerships, New London Architecture

Rickardo Hyatt – Executive Director of Housing and Land, Greater London Authority

Rizwan Khan – Head of Investment and Partnerships, Sage Housing

Lisa Ravenscroft – Chief Marketing Officer, Mount Anvil

Investment Opportunity Showcase: York Central – Bringing The Unique Development to Life

York Central is one of the largest city centre brownfield sites in the UK – in the heart of a historic and desirable city. It will transform underused public sector land into a high-quality well-connected commercial quarter, vibrant resi neighbourhoods and attractive cultural and leisure spaces. Already a magnet for UK Government investment and Levelling Up ambitions, this unique development is set to grow York’s economy by 20% – this session will detail the opportunities to be involved.

The Future of Delivering Climate Resilient Spaces

The latest State of the UK Climate Report makes it clear that increasingly frequent extreme weather events are set to become the norm. In the last decade alone, the UK experienced 9% more rainfall than in any period since the 1960s. Moving forwards, according to climate projections, we’re expected to see even wetter winters and drier summers. Where does this leave us when it comes to designing climate resilient spaces? And how can we mitigate potential damage and build in resistance to the effects of a fast-changing climate?

This roundtable session is in partnership with Marshalls

Speakers include:

Chris Griffiths – Head of Product Sustainability, Marshalls

Dr Alice Owen – Professor, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds

Jason Longhurst – UK Head of Sustainable Investment & Partnerships, Prologis

Chloe Parmenter – Associate, Urbana

Paul Pavia – Head of Development, MEPC

Simon Delahunty-Forrest – Assistant Director – Development, Birmingham City council

Investment Opportunity Facilitation: Local London and the Thames Estuary

A conglomeration of London Boroughs including Barking & Dagenham, Newham, Waltham Forest, Enfield, Redbridge and the Royal Docks Economic Zone alongside the Thames Estuary Growth Board will bring along their senior team and development partners to connect in a private room with potential investors, funders and developers.

The facilitation area is open to investors, funders, developers, end users and the local authorities hosting this session.

Email nathan.spencer@built-environment-networking.com for further information.

How to Engage Young People Through Working With Schools

Engage with and learn from organisations that deliver powerful schools programmes, promoting careers and creating pathways for the future workforce.

Speakers include:

Vicki Palmer – Senior CSR and Early Careers Manager , Hollis

Elliott Murphy – STEM Learning Project Officer , STEM Ambassador Programme

Alison Watson MBE – CEO, Class of Your Own

Mark Southgate – Chief Executive , MOBIE

Transport Led Growth Roundtable

In this fringe event held at Addleshaw Goddard’s Leeds Office a number of experts will discuss the key drivers for transport-led growth in the UK.

Register email: jennifer.ellis@addleshawgoddard.com

Rebuild or Reuse: Balancing The Sustainability Scales

Exploring the environmental and social debate about whether repurposing or redevelopment should be the solution for the future of real estate with a group of thought leaders from across the built environment.

This session is in partnership with JLL.

Speakers include:

Chair: Emma Hoskyn – Head of Sustainability, JLL

Helen Hare – Director of Projects, Great Portland Estates

Angela Barnicle – Director , City Development Leeds City Council

Mike Whitney – Head of Development, Ellandi

James Cons – Managing Director, Leslie Jones Architecture

What will Retail and Hospitality Development Look Like in 2030?

With the changing face of high streets and town centres afoot, the prevalence of developing out of town retail and the added pressure of e-commerce, shopping centres and empty retail units are beginning to evolve. This panel brings together the future thinkers in retail and hospitality property for a high level, interactive look ahead.

Speakers include: 

Asli Kutlucan – Chief Development Officer, Cycas Hospitality

Justin Thomas – Director of Development, NewRiver REIT

Michelle Percy – Director of Investment and Growth, Newcastle City Council

Mark Williams – Executive Director, RivingtonHark

James Rayner – Retail Lead, King’s Cross, Argent LLP

Next Step for UK Freeports

DIT will explore what freeports mean for the UK economy and what the next steps are.

Lynn Mathieson – Senior Advisor, Department for International Trade

Michael Green – Head of Freeports, Department for Business and Trade

Ibrahim Mohamed – Strategic Advisor – Infrastructure Investment and Freeports, Department for International Trade

Harry Jones – Head of Delivery – Freeports, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Hero Wellbeing Workshop – Maximising Energy

Constantly tired? Always feeling like you’re on catch up? You’re not alone! When your energy pattern deviates from its natural rhythm, we can start to feel tired at different times of the day, or even persistently. This session will help you to discover new ways to increase alertness and boost energy.

This session is in partnership with Caddick Group and Moda.

Speakers include:

Joe Gaunt – Founder & CEO, Hero

Building Back Better Across Scotland

National leadership allied to regeneration in Scotland disseminate the challenges and opportunities on the horizon for developers, investors, and major blue-chip organisations as they move towards creating greener, healthier places.

This session is in partnership with Vattenfall

Speakers include:

Chair: Paul Steen – Head of Region Scotland and North of England, Vattenfall

Cllr Susan Aitken – Leader, Glasgow City Council

Dr Oliver Taylor – Chief Executive Officer, BP Aberdeen Hydrogen Energy Ltd

Neil Francis – Interim Managing Director, International Development, Scottish Enterprise

Hotel and Leisure Sector Investment Market Update

According to the latest figures, investment and development of hotel and leisure real estate was up 18.7% year on year. This session takes a deep dive into the sector, analysing market trends, navigating forthcoming challenges and exploring key opportunities.

Speakers include:

Oliver Armitstead – Regional Director of Real Estate, Sonder

Nick Smart – Vice President Development – North & West Europe, Hilton

How Might We Shape a Flourishing Economy For 2050?

Delegates are joined by policy influencers and leaders from the built environment ecosystem to talk about the connection between net zero and shaping a flourishing economy.

This session is in partnership with the UK Business Council for Sustainable Development.

Speakers include:

Chair: Manoj Joshi – Chair, Bradford Economic Partnership

Felicia Odamtten – Founder, The Black Economists Network

Roundtable Discussion: Power to the People – Co-Designing Sustainable Places for a Better Future

From creating sustainable urban mobility and net zero driven designs, to reanimating places through co-design, the needs of current and future generations must be considered when forming more sustainable places. This roundtable event brings together leaders from across the built environment to discuss how the changing needs of citizens is driving how we shape, design, and build the world around us.

This session is in partnership with BWB Consulting

Speakers include:

Chair: Steve Wooler – Chief Executive, BWB Consulting

Cath Shaw – Deputy Chief Executive, London Borough of Barnet

Iwan Lloyd-Smith – Director, Deetu

Nicola Wallis – Residential Sales Director, Scarborough Group International

Martin McKay – Executive Director of Regeneration, Clyde Gateway

Victoria Hills – Chief Executive, Royal Town Planning Institute

Stuart Baird – Director, BakerBaird Communications

John Morgan – Director , Leonard Design Architects

Investment Opportunity Facilitation: The Western Gateway Partnership and Cornwall

Talk to local authority investment teams from the Western Gateway including Bristol, Bath, Cardiff Capital Region, Gloucestershire, Swindon and beyond, as they bring along their senior team and development partners to connect in a private room with potential investors, funders and developers.

The facilitation area is open to investors, funders, developers, end users and the local authorities hosting this session.

Email nathan.spencer@built-environment-networking.com for further information.

Sheds: Why Location, Location, Location Matters When it Comes to Investment

The UK sheds market is booming, driven by strong occupier demand and constrained new supply, underpinned by permanent structural changes. How is the market evolving and why is location becoming more important than ever? Our panel discuss what investors are looking for – from scale, location, availability of services and more.

This session is in partnership with Caddick Group and Moda.

Next Steps for Devolution Across the UK

A high level session looking at the challenges and opportunities facing UK places as they push for more control over funding, devolved powers and decision making levers including an examination of where might be next in line for devolution.

This session is in partnership with Arcadis.

Speakers include:

Chair: Nora Taylor – Director Clients & Business Development Places, UK & Ireland, Spain & Portugal, Arcadis

Chair: Jo Dally – Strategic Partnerships Director , National Composites Centre

Peter Hogg – London City Executive, Arcadis

Amy Harhoff – Corporate Director Regeneration Economy and Growth, Durham County Council

Katherine Fairclough – Chief Executive, Liverpool City Region Combined Authority

Making the UK a World Leading Hydrogen Economy

In August 2021 UK Government launched its first ever vision to create a world leading hydrogen economy and this exclusive panel brings together the voices behind the initial £4bn investment which is set to deliver 9000 highly skilled jobs and unlock a series of major development schemes by 2030.

This session is in partnership with ATKINS

Speakers include:

Chair: Gareth Richardson – Principal process Engineer, Atkins

Rupert Wood – Head of Strategic Land (ALMCOR), ALMCOR

Helena Anderson – Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer, Ikigai Capital

Rachael Hall – Principal Engineer, Atkins

Jim Johnstone – Service Manager for City Growth, Aberdeen City Council

Investment Opportunity Facilitation: Scottish Cities Alliance – Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness, Perth and Stirling

Local authorities will be joined by active developers and development partners in a private room – where we shall facilitate introductions between these key players with the view of aiding investment, development and regeneration across the UK.

The facilitation area is open to investors, funders, developers, end users and the local authorities hosting this session.

Email nathan.spencer@built-environment-networking.com for further information.

The Clock is Ticking: How Can We Improve Energy Infrastructure Across the UK

With clean energy generation at the top of national priorities in the move towards Net Zero UK, this high-level panel of experts analyse how sustainable, green energy will underpin regeneration and development while playing its part in creating healthier, smarter places.

This session is in partnership with E.ON.

Speakers include:

Chair: Chris Lovatt – Chief Operating Officer, E.ON

Bek Seeley – Founder @ Place Partners UK, Lendlease

Phil Butters – Director of Estates and Development Directorate , Keele University

Geoff Paul – Head of Housing and Development, Durham County Council

Felicity Masefield – Sustainability Lead, Native Land

Charlotte Daelemans – Managing Director, Nuveen Global

Sheffield in Conversation with Capital & Centric

Join social impact developers Capital & Centric – as Co-Founder Tim Heatley joins the Sheffield exhibition stand to discuss how they’re incorporating Sheffield’s indie spirit into the property scene.

South East Consortium- Sustainable Homes Matrix

The South East Consortium Sustainable Homes stakeholder group identified the need to look beyond zero carbon with a people first, sustainable homes focus – a whole environment transition. An approach that is investable from boardrooms to doorsteps, a strategic transition that delivers greater outcome benefits in addition to decarbonisation. A sustainable matrix connecting fabric first to BIM. Their approach provides the golden thread to meet climate change challenges and transition to sustainable homes.

David Smith – Head of Business Partnerships, South East Consortium

Andrew Spencer – Energy and Carbon Services Director, Equans

Nahim Ruhikhan – Head of Strategy and Investment, Leeds City Council

Angela Blake – Assistant Director – Economy and Development Services, City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council

Roundtable Discussion: Barriers To Development

Senior representation from across the industry will have a lively discussion on the barriers to development – covering investment, opposition and skills – as we delve into what can be done to remedy the situation.

This roundtable is sponsored by C|T Group.

Chair: Rob Parsons – Northern Agenda Editor, Reach

Cllr James Lewis – Leader, Leeds City Council

Lisa Littlefair – City Director, Mott MacDonald

Chair: John Walker – Head of UK and European Real Estate and Infrastructure, C|T Group

Rebecca Lydon – Director for Smart Energy and Sustainability, Hydrock, now Stantec

Logistics Real Estate Investment Market Update

As demand for high quality logistics related development grows, over £3bn of investment underpinned a plethora of new projects in the second half of 2021. This session explores how the sheds and last mile property sector will evolve in 2023.

Speakers include:

Chair: Alex Irwin-Hunt – Global Markets Editor, fDi Intelligence

Sarwjit Sambhi – CEO , St Modwen

Vivienne Clements – Executive Director, HBD

Keynote Address – Liverpool City Region

Join the Metro Mayor of Liverpool City Region as he shares the vision for the region.

Keynote speaker:

Steve Rotheram – Mayor, Liverpool City Region Combined Authority

Investment Opportunity Facilitation: Central London Forward

A conglomeration of London Boroughs including Camden, Lambeth, Westminster, Tower Hamlets, Lewisham and the City of London will bring along their senior team and development partners to connect in a private room with potential investors, funders and developers.

The facilitation area is open to investors, funders, developers, end users and the local authorities hosting this session.

Email nathan.spencer@built-environment-networking.com for further information.

Interactive Session: How to Develop an EDI Standard for the Built Environment

Wouldn’t it be sensible to have one built environment standard that evidences progress against equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) commitments? Join in and help make this happen!

Speakers include:

Benjamin O’Connor – Director, New London Architecture

Helen Yeulet – Director of Training and Skills , Building Engineering Services Association

Sustainable Hotels Lunch

In this fringe event held at Addleshaw Goddard’s Leeds Office we will explore how hotels reach net zero carbon and implement robust ESG practices in a manner that is commercially viable, scientifically rigorous and legally compliant.

Register email: jennifer.ellis@addleshawgoddard.com

Regeneration & The Boomer Generation: Tackling The Crisis In Later Living

An ageing population faces the threat of rising care costs and lack of security in later life. Innovations in housing, rental models and care provision typically target the top of the market, but the problems run through the whole of society. As the UK gears up to build build build, future plans and developments must take account of the changing demographics.

This session is in partnership with JLL.

Speakers include:

Chair: Simon Hodson – Head of UK Healthcare, JLL

Will Bax – Chief Executive, Retirement Villages Group

Sadie Malim – Head Of Special Projects & Legal, Moorfield Group

Professor Lynne Corner – Co-Founder and Director of VOICE, National Innovation Centre for Ageing

Keynote: Labour and Levelling Up

Delegates are joined for an exclusive plenary with Her Majesty’s Opposition’s Shadow Chancellor who will share her insight and opinion on what needs to be done to truly level up the UK.

Keynote speaker:

Rachel Reeves MP – Shadow Chancellor, Labour Party

How Do Investors Select Assets to Build Better Portfolios?

Investors need to consider a multitude of factors when assessing asset suitability for inclusion in their real estate portfolios. This session will review how market trends and asset level risks, such as tenants and climate, are evaluated to make investment decisions.

This session is in partnership with Real Capital Analytics

Speakers include:

Will Robson – Global Head of Real Estate, MSCI

Kristina Arsenievich – Director Real Estate ESG, Barings

Rhianydd Griffith – Senior Vice President, Infrastructure, Hermes GPE

Landscape Institute Event – How Might We Build a Nature Based Economy That Works For People and The Planet?

With a remit to connect places, people and nature, delegates are joined by the team from the Landscape institute to talk about nature based solutions in the race to Net Zero.

This session is in partnership with the UK’s Business Council for Sustainable Development

Speakers include:

Dr Kathryn Moore – President of International Federation of Landscape Architects, Birmingham City University

Helen Griffiths – Chief Executive, Fields In Trust

Ludo Pittie – Head of Landscape, WSP

Private Roundtable: Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves MP

Private networking session

This Session is Invite Only

Rachel Reeves MP – Shadow Chancellor, Labour Party

Driving Forward The Northern Powerhouse – What Are The Next Stages For Realising The North's Potential?

Since 2014, UK Government and municipal leaders have been prioritising levelling up the diaspora of Northern towns and cities. With a range of key real estate, infrastructure and investment schemes coming forward, this panel of regional influencers share their thoughts on Northern Powerhouse’s forthcoming challenges and opportunities.

This session is in partnership with IBI Group

Speakers include: 

Steve Rotheram – Mayor, Liverpool City Region Combined Authority

Kersten England – Chief Executive, City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council

Jon Hughes – Managing Director, Haribo

Lynda Shillaw – Chief Executive Officer, Harworth Group

Chair: Maja Nesdale – Director, IBI Group

LandAid Ambassador Quiz

Raising funds for WomensCentre Calderdale, this fringe event will take place at Revolucion de Cuba in Leeds city centre – brining together LandAid Ambassador’s and property professionals.

Register here: https://join.landaid.org/event/view/yorkshire-ambassador-quiz